Can Pokemon GO Detect GPS Spoofing?

Pokemon GO generally relies on you traveling here, there, and everywhere to get Pokemon, with some Pokemon being region-specific. As a result, people have turned to GPS spoofing so that they can get t...

Pokemon GO Water Festival 2022 Guide - How to Get Scarf Lapras, Dates

Unlike Community Days, Pokemon GO Festival events tend to last a full week or longer with plenty of time-limited events and event-limited Pokemon. Starting May 12, 10 a.m. and lasting until M...

Pokemon GO Mega Evolutions Guide - Mastery Levels & Cost Changes

As detailed in a recent dev diary, Mega Evolutions have received an overhaul in Pokemon GO. A sweeping list of changes including Mastery levels, Mega Raid changes, candy bonuses, and experien...

7 Tips for the May 2022 Pokemon GO Community Day

May 21 is Community Day in Pokemon GO, and the featured Pokemon this time is Alolan Geodude. Each Community Day event runs from 11am to 2pm in your local time, and with only a three-hour wind...

Pokemon GO Shiny Guide - Odds, Rates, Boosting Your Rate

If you’ve ever played a Pokemon game, you know there is almost no better feeling in the world than finding a shiny Pokemon. (Well, except for beating a Trick Room team in competitive matches....

Pokemon GO Mega Slowbro Weakness Guide - List of Raid Counters

The Season of Mischief is upon us, and the Legendary Pokemon Hoopa has appeared in Pokemon GO! While they’re not a raid boss, alongside Hoopa came a new wave of Raid Bosses – a Lugia re-run a...

Pokemon GO Attackers Tier List - Best Attackers (September 2021)

With Niantic announcing that the doubled range bonuses are here to stay, more players than ever are coming back to Pokemon GO to catch, train, and battle their favorite pocket monsters. If, l...

Pokemon GO Defenders Tier List – 6 Best Defenders (September 2021)

If you tend to throw money at games you enjoy playing, then the thought of spending money on Pokemon GO probably isn’t a big deal. However, not every player has money to toss at phone games –...

Pokemon GO Lugia Weakness Guide – List of Raid Counters

The Season of Mischief is upon us, and the Legendary Pokemon Hoopa has appeared in Pokemon GO! While they’re not a raid boss, alongside Hoopa came a new wave of Raid Bosses – a Lugia re-run a...

You Can (Eventually) Chase Down Giovanni In Pokemon Go

Long-time fans of Pokemon will be pleased to hear that Pokemon Go is instilling a new piece of nostalgia into the hit mobile game. Now, in the new “Looming in the Shadows” event, players can follow a...

The 10 Best Pokemon in Pokemon Go (Updated Oct. 2019)

Pokemon GO is a numbers game when you get down to it. CP values represent your Pokemon’s overall strength, made up of Attack, Defense, and Stamina. But things like type advantages, STAB (same-t...

Pokemon GO Raikou, Entei, Suicune Raid Guide - Counters, PVE Moves, Shiny Rates

Like any legendary raid where a shiny encounter is possible, shiny rates are a fixed 1/20 with a guaranteed catch if shiny Entei shows up for you.

Pokemon GO Flygon Community Day Guide – Shiny Trapinch & More

Flygon swoops in to send Summer off in a sandstorm during the October Pokemon GO community day. Just like last October brought in the pseudo-legendary Metagross from the Ruby & <...

Pokemon GO Giratina Raid Guide - Giratina Counters, Shiny Rates, & Weakness

It’s been almost a full year since Altered Forme Giratina first sat atop raid gyms in Pokemon GO. Many of us are sat around waiting for that eventual Pokemon Diamond / Pearl / Platinum

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Pokemon Go finally cracking down on bots and cheaters

More than a month out from initial release and with service extended to nearly all major countries, Pokemon Go developer Niantic is finally turning its attention to its other bi...

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How to train, capture, and defend gyms in Pokemon Go

I’m level 19 in Pokemon Go. At this point in the game, I have a few modestly powerful Pokemon, enough that I can start taking on some of the gyms in my city. As I discovered, though, gyms are...

Pokemon GO Egg Chart & List - 2km, 5km, 7km, 10km Eggs

Pokemon GO has many ways to add Pokemon to your collection at this point. Eggs continue to be a great way to do so, but it’s good to know what the pool for each egg type is. At least that way you’ll n...

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In case you forgot, Pokemon Go is still pulling ridiculous numbers

Pokemon Go seized the world by storm when it first rolled out in July, and it continues to enjoy a sizable playerbase, despite a sharp drop-off in daily users. Nowhere is this more evident th...

Pokemon GO Ultra Bonus Event Guide: Dates, Unown, Shiny Mewtwo, & Gen 5 Release Date

After a week full of teases following the conclusion of this year’s Pokemon Go Fest events, the yearly Pokemon Go Ultra Bonus event has finally been revealed. Now we’re in for weeks of exciting spawns...

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After a long wait, Pokemon Go is finally out in Japan

Japan is the birthplace of Pokemon, so it struck many as odd that Pokemon Go had rolled out in so many other countries but not in its native land. Rumors have...