‘Pokémon Go’ to start hosting monthly Community Days, offers exclusive captures

Starting this January, Pokémon Go is hosting a special monthly event it calls Community Days. Here special Pokémon with exclusive moves will pop up more often for a few hours. Players will also get access to increased XP or Stardust and Lure Modules will be up for three hours. For the first Community Day happening this January 20^th, the Pokémon up for grabs will be Pikachu with an exclusive event move Surf. Yes, you get a chance to get a surfing Pikachu. You can check out what time Community Day is happening in your area through this link.

Source: Engadget

‘Pokémon Go’ will reportedly bring 100 new creatures in next update

If you’re still playing Pokémon Go, we have some good news for you. There might be some new big things headed your way next month, including over 100 new normal and Legendary Pokémon (including Mew and Mewto), player vs. player battles, Pokémon trading, as well as the ability to raise Pokémon like Tamagotchi.

This information, however, hasn’t been confirmed by Niantic Labs yet but a spokesperson has said that “Gen 2” of the game is coming. The new features shown above were taken from an analysis of the game code by the developers associated with the Pokémon map PokeVS.

‘Pokémon Go’ gets spooky for Halloween

Getting in on the Halloween fun and dispensing as much virtual candy as possible, Pokémon Go is hosting a “global in-game event” for Halloween. Niantic Labs is encouraging its players to catch the “spooky” pocket monsters like Gastly, Gengar, and Golbat. You’ll be seeing more of them from October 26 to November 1. Plus, the monsters you catch will net double the number of candies (making that six instead of three) and your buddy Pokémon giving you four candies instead of one for every pre-set distance you walk. Professor Willow is also feeling a bit generous and giving two candies for every monster you send his way.

Source: Engadget

Two Canadian teens accidentally crossed the border into the U.S. while playing ‘Pokémon Go’

Guys, we know playing Pokémon Go is fun and all but please be extra aware of your surroundings as well. It was recently reported that two Canadian teens accidentally crossed the U.S. border and had to be apprehended in Montana by federal agents. According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection that two teens illegally entered the U.S. last Thursday on foot and they were “unaware of their surroundings” while playing the famous augmented reality-based game. The two teens were brothers from Alberta and were later reunited with their mother.

Source: TIME