Niantic has claimed that Pokemon Go won’t present process any main adjustments after it was acquired by Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely again in March for $3.5 billion.
Based on IT Media and translated by Automaton, each Niantic and Scopely met in Japan and put out their first assertion relating to the merger. “The route of our sport won’t endure any main adjustments underneath the affect of Scopely,” a Niantic consultant defined. “They are going to simply be supporting its additional enchancment, and we’ll maintain doing what we’ve been doing because the starting. To place it extra bluntly, please relaxation assured that we are going to not be shutting down the sport.”
Scopely added that it has evaluated Pokemon Go and the way effectively it has been acquired by gamers, indicating that Scopely sees worth within the sport and desires to proceed supporting it.
In the meanwhile, Niantic and Scopely are implementing a brand new function in Pokemon Go known as Pokemon Stamp Rally. This lets gamers go to sure areas to gather stamps and acquire particular objects and encounter uncommon Pokemon. The function is presently solely accessible in Japan and can go into impact on April 13, with the primary Stamp Rally occasion going down at Osaka World Expo.
Niantic assured followers who have been fearful about any unfavorable ramifications of the Scopely buyout that Pokemon Go will not embrace any intrusive adverts or promote participant knowledge to 3rd events. This month, Pokemon Go is constant its Would possibly and Mastery season with new actions, raid bosses, and Highlight Pokemon such because the uncommon Extremely Beasts Blacephalon and Stakataka.