Since July, we haven’t seen him where he captured Suicinne, and the last official Giovanni updated happened back in April. On June 3, Niantic released Ver. 2020 has seen several new features in Pokémon Go - Mega Evolutions, the A Mega Discovery Special Research, the arrival of Rocket Balloons, the Go … To help improve this feature, Niantic is also asking players to submit videos of the areas surrounding Poké Stops and gyms so the studio's AR technology can map it out better. AR has a lot of potential, but the possibilities of it on commercially available apps haven't really been fully achieved yet. In practice, a Pokémon will now occupy a fixed space, and if an object slides into view between you and the monster, it'll be obscured by it rather than superimposed over it awkwardly. Release dates: every game confirmed for PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch in 2020, PS5 pre-order – here’s where you can secure your PlayStation 5, Here’s where you can pre-order Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, UK Time: 7pm (Jun 1st) until 2am (Jun 2nd), Central Europe: 8pm (Jun 1st) until 3am (Jun 2nd). Team Rocket in Pokémon Go has been uncharacteristically quiet these past few months. It makes the AR camera of Pokémon GO more aware of the objects in the environment it is showing. If you’ve come to this page just because you’re screaming “Pokemon Go down? He might be featured in the balloons that Niantic brought to the game in July, but his return will be a welcome sight for many trainers eager to save a new legendary Pokémon. The game will be offline for seven hours total. You’ll soon be able to enjoy the following changes! 2020-09-20 20:53:40 @grazapin @NianticHelp The latest update to the Pokemon Go app resolved this issue. As the .gif above shows, the AR features in Pokémon GO have really just felt like a Snapchat or Instagram filter over the image that your phone was showing. Monday, 1 June 2020 16:48 GMT. September 23, 2020 Updates to events: GO Battle Night, Flying Cup. With reality blending, Niantic quite literally blends the Pokémon with reality, which adds a sense of immersive realism that wasn't there before. Each month, Giovanni has a newly captured legendary Pokémon that he’s turned into a shadow, and trainers have only a handful of attempts to save them. For players on Samsung Galaxy 9 or 10 as well as Google Pixel 3 and 4, this update adds "reality blending" to the game, an AR feature that was first shown by Niantic back in May. Due to the nature of the way Pokemon Go plays, during this downtime you won’t be able to play Pokemon Go at all. Niantic isn’t being drawn, however, and is simply apologizing for any inconvenience. Pokémon Go: the world's first augmented reality app to become a household name. Special fourth-anniversary boxes will be available in the in-app shop. "Watch your Pokémon peek at from behind a bookcase, or jump out from behind the couch.". Giovanni has also been lurking in the shadows, and only recently showed up during the Pokémon Go Fest 2020 … Team Rocket in Pokémon Go has been uncharacteristically quiet these past few months. Even evergreen, constant games need a little bit of TLC every now and then – which is why Pokemon Go is currently down. Typically, trainers have to visit various Poké Stops captured by Team Rocket grunts to retrieve mysterious components to craft a Rocket Radar. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic that already caused the location and social-based game to make some radical changes, a more straightforward content update freshened up the game ahead of Pokémon GO Fest and introduce a major upgrade to AR mechanics called "Reality Blending.". Pokémon GO is available for iOS and Android. Should Niantic keep to their schedule, October 2020 will be the start of a new Giovanni adventure. In June it seems the theme is ground Pokemon. However, given that the current COVID-19 pandemic and current lockdowns have not lessened, Team Rocket and Giovanni could be pushed back even further. By Alex Donaldson, That might explain the length of this downtime, which is pretty extensive. Niantic has stated that Giovanni and Team Rocket will be making their return sometime in late September, likely early October 2020. The current reward encounter for a Research Breakthrough is Trapinch with bonus Trapinch Candy. "With Reality Blending, Pokémon will be able to move behind objects, either partially or completely," the aforementioned post explained. Thanks 2020-09-20 16:58:48 ... @MysticalOS @tapbot_paul I was impressed they at least super rushed pokemon go app update to approval within hours of them submitting it. The severs for Pokemon Go will be offline globally today, Monday June 1st 2020 – and it’ll be down for quite a while. Augmented reality, or AR, has been fundamental to Pokemon GO since it took the world by storm in 2016, but Niantic is now taking steps to improve the feature even further almost four years after its release. Non-Flying Pokémon could appear in the air, on objects they shouldn't be able to fit on, or even on a friend's forehead. Developer Niantic hasn’t given any specific reason for why Pokemon Go is going down, but any game needs to have its servers given some love and attention every now and then in order to keep them ticking over – and if we’re lucky, updates like this can also lead to new features. Pokémon feel like part of the natural environment, which was the holistic intention of the game from the beginning. But I guess it’d be bad PR to have such a big app not working tomorrow. It’s long-overdue maintenance – this is the first full-game downtime for Pokemon Go since 2017. He and the other group leaders attacked the participants using their newly captured legendary shadow Pokémon, giving trainers the chance to catch these powerful Pokémon. We can expect a new round of shadow Pokémon and a brand new Giovanni event. Sometimes we include links to online retail stores. If you click on one and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. The severs for Pokemon Go will be offline globally today, Monday June 1st 2020 – and it’ll be down for quite a while. While it's far from perfect after trying it out, as models sometimes struggle to disappear, it definitely is a great step forward for one of the world's most popular AR games and brings the mechanics a bit closer to what is promised in Pokémon GO's overexaggerated trailers. All Rights Reserved. No part of this site or its content may be reproduced without the permission of the copyright holder. 1.143.0 that came out on Apple's iOS devices (which doesn't include reality blending). !” after trying to log in, have no fear. September 21, 2020 Have fun with the Longchamp x Pokémon collaboration, arriving soon in stores and in Pokémon GO! Pokémon GO October—Halloween, a fashion-themed event, and more! For more information, go here.