Pokémon GO

Niantic this week have announced the details of this year's Winter Holiday events in Pokémon GO. In part 1, which will run from December 18th, at 10:00am to December 25th, at 10:00am local time, Cetoddle, Cetitan, Pikachu wearing holiday attire, and Raichu wearing holiday attire will eacj be making their Pokémon GO debut. Part 2, which runs from the end of Part 1 through until December 31st, at 8:00pm local time, will see the debut of Psyduck wearing holiday attire, Golduck wearing holiday attire, and Shiny Vanillite.

Niantic has released details on the upcoming Catch Mastery: Ice event in Pokémon GO, that was first announced last week alongside the release of information on the Timeless Travels season. The event will be held in-game this Saturday, December 9th, from 10:00am to 8:00pm local time.

The Adamant Time event, featuring Pokémon from the Kanto region, will be running in Pokémon GO next week from Monday December 11th at 10:00am local time, through to Friday December 15th at 8:00pm local time.

Pokémon GO's new Along the Routes event will begin tomorrow, December 5th, at 10:00am, running through to December 8th at 8:00pm local time. This event will introduce the travelling Pokémon researcher Mateo, who provides the Gift Exchange service for players exploring Routes, as well as feature the debut of Shiny Hisuian Sneasel.

Niantic this week has announced premininary details regarding Pokémon GO Tour: Sinnoh, which will be running in February 2024. As its name suggests, this event will focus on Pokémon from the Sinnoh region which originally made their debut in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions. Shiny variants of Pokémon from Sinnoh, including Stunky, Chingling, Chatot, Carnivine, and Pachirisu, will all also make their Pokémon GO debuts as part of this event.

Niantic has released details for Pokémon GO's December Community Day event for 2023, which will run across December 16th and 17th. Pokémon that were featured in Community Day and Community Day Classic events in 2022 and 2023 will return in this month's Community Day event, with Pokémon previously featured during 2023 appearing more frequently in the wild and in Timed Research, while Pokémon featured throughout 2022 will hatch from Eggs, and appear in Raids and Timed Research.

Niantic has announced the schedule and details for the upcoming Timeless Travels season for the GO Battle League in Pokémon GO. The season will start on December 1st, at 1:00pm (PST).

Niantic has revealed that the Formidable Pokémon, Hisuian Samurott,, will make its Pokémon GO debut as part of a Hisuian Samurott Raid Day event this Sunday, December 3rd, running from 2:00pm to 5:00pm local time. Hisuian Samurott's Shiny variant will also be making its debut.

Niantic has released details on Pokémon GO's newest season: Timeless Travels, which begins this Friday on December 1st at 10:00am local time, running through to March 1st, 2024, at 10:00am local time. Alongside this announcement, we also have details on a number of activities, bonuses, and events that will be running in-game in the month of December in conjunction with this new season.

The Pokémon Latin America International Championships of the 2023 to 2024 Play! Pokémon season took place in São Paulo in Brazil from 17 to 19 November which was the first International Championships event of the season. The Top 8 players of each division have been confirmed by the Pokémon Company International. The most popular Pokémon in teams for Pokémon GO and VGC and the most popular deck archetypes and their percentages of popularity on Day 2 of the Latin America International Championships were also shown in the livestream on the Official Pokémon YouTube Channel.

Pokémon GO's this week celebrates the upcoming end of the Adventures Abound season, as well as this season's introductionm of the new Party Play feature, with the new Party Up event, running from November 22nd at 10:00am through until November 27th at 8:00pm local time. During this event, trainers can look forward to encountering a variety of Pokémon originally discovered in the Paldea region that made their debuts during this season, along with a collection of other fan faves, plus even a Wurmple wearing a party hat!

On November 16th, starting at 9:00am (PST) / 5:00pm (UTC), the Pokémon Trainer Club will be undergoing maintance for important updates to authentication security. As a result of this maintance, all players of the Pokémon TCG Live and Pokémon UNITE will be logged out, as will any players of Pokémon GO who use their Pokémon Trainer Club to login.

The 2023 edition of Pokémon GO's Fashion Week event will be beginning this week, running from November 15th at 10:00am through until November 19th at 8:00pm local time. During this event, trainers can look forward to encountering a variety of Pokémon wearing fashionable costumes, including for the first time Dragonite, Wooper, and Quagsire. Gothita's shiny variant will also make its Pokémon GO debut during this event.

Niantic has revealed this week that the next Pokémon GO Community Day Classic event, scheduled for later this month on November 25th, will feature the Wool Pokémon, Mareep. Niantic has also announced dates for multiple as-yet unannounced events being held in-game over the next season.

Niantic has revealed that Mega Garchomp will make its Pokémon GO debut as part of a Mega Garchomp Raid Day event this November 11th, running from 2:00pm to 5:00pm local time. Mega Garchomp's shiny variant will also be making its debut.

Niantic have announced that the annual Festival of Lights event in Pokémon GO will be running this year from November 7th, at 10:00am, to November 12th, at 8:00pm local time. This event celebrates Diwali, a five-day long festival originating in the Indian subcontinent. During this event, certain wild Pokémon will have a glowing effect when encountered during the nighttime.

Details on several upcoming events and activities in Pokémon GO across November have been announced by Niantic on their website and official account on X (formerly Twitter). over the past week, with a wide variety of events scheduled between November 1st and the beginning of December, including several events which have not yet been fully announced.

Team GO Rocket are back to their old tricks this Halloween, with the latest Team GO Rocket Takeover launching in Pokémon GO this October 26th, at 10:00am local time, alongside the second part of the Pokémon GO Halloween 2023 event. Both events conclude together on October 31st, at 8:00pm local time.

Pokémon GO's celebration of the spooky season continues with the game's latest Incense Day event, which runs tomorrow, October 21st, between 11:00am and 5:00pm local time. Suitably for the season, this Incense Day event will focus on a selection of creepy and/or crawly critters, including Skorupi and other Bug- and Poison- type Pokémon.

Niantic's celebration of the spooky season continues with the start of Pokémon GO's Halloween 2023 Part I event tomorrow, October 19th, at 10:00am local time. This event will continue through until the beginning of Part II on October 26th, at 10:00am local time. The Grave Dog Pokémon Greavard and Houndstone will both make their Pokémon GO debuts as part of this event, along with Shiny Phantump.