The Pokémon Company, which manages the international brand operations behind the Pokémon series, announced Wednesday that it’s teamed up with Nabisco to offer a limited-edition set of Pokémon-themed Oreo cookies.… Read More
Seattle already has poke bars. Next year it’s getting a PokéBar — to catch Pokémon rather than the traditional Hawaiian dish. The pop-up PokéBar, which won’t land until next June… Read More
Nintendo today revealed more details about its fervently-anticipated upcoming RPG for the Nintendo Switch, Pokémon Sword & Shield, including a release date and new details about the specific Pokémon and… Read More
Pokémon isn’t resting on the success of Pokémon Go, the augmented mobile video game craze that had people trying to catch them all over the past few years. The company… Read More
Nintendo abruptly broke its silence today regarding the next core entries in its popular Pokemon franchise. The next original role-playing games in the series are now officially known as Pokémon Sword… Read More
Twitch and The Pokémon Co. are teaming to help fans catch hundreds of episodes of the animated TV series while at the same time allowing fans to capture elusive Pokémon… Read More
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The Pokémon Co. and Nintendo showed a new slate of Pokémon products for the smash hit Nintendo Switch console, including several new games and a Poké Ball Plus controller to… Read More
Gone are the days where Seattle’s streets were flooded with Pokémon GO players, pointing their phones at augmented-reality beasts and trying to “catch ’em all.” But true fans are coming… Read More
The World Video Game Hall of Fame announced a new class of inductees on Thursday, and the titles are sure to strike a nostalgic chord with millions of gamers who have… Read More
Hey, Pokémon fans, you’ve got a new place to try to track down Squirtles, Spearows or Slowpokes. Starbucks this week announced that it’s turning 7,800 stores into PokéStops and Gyms— hangouts where… Read More
Pokémon is closing in on a big new office lease that would up its U.S. presence in Bellevue, Wash., already home to its North America office. The deal, which real estate… Read More
The rarest and most valuable Pokémon card in the world was sold over the weekend for a whopping $54,970 during an auction of comics and comic art held by Dallas-based… Read More
Seattle’s plentiful canals, beaches, lakes, bridges, and streams are a haven for water Pokémon—good news for trainers searching for elusive Staryu and Magikarp. But for the King County Wastewater Treatment… Read More
The Pokémon hunters were out in full force this weekend — scanning parks, city streets, shopping centers and other landmarks for the elusive creatures with names like Oddish, Venonat, Staryu… Read More
Millions of Pokémon Go players are peering into smartphones to look for animated characters in an augmented-reality world, but what if they could look for them wearing Microsoft’s HoloLens headset… Read More
Pokemon Go is having a massive impact on Nintendo’s market value. The insanely popular mobile game has helped Nintendo double its market cap to $42.5 billion in less than two… Read More
Mark off the Boeing Co. as one more place where you shouldn’t be playing Pokémon Go, the monster-catching game that’s been taking smartphones by storm. It’s not that Boeing has anything… Read More
Pokémon Go is continuing to take the world by storm, and one transportation company is looking to join the fun. Lyft just started promoting a special 20 percent discount for Pokémon Go… Read More
Astronauts have zapped virtual aliens on the International Space Station, using Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed-reality headset. So how about Pokémon Go, the latest craze in mixed-reality smartphone gaming? No-go, says NASA. “It… Read More
“Pokémon Go,” Nintendo’s new mobile game, is officially available in the U.S. on iOS and Android — and based on the early reaction, it looks like a hit. The Japanese game… Read More
Posted by Eric Medalle on Saturday, February 27, 2016 Eric Medalle, the man who died when a tree fell on his SUV during a Seattle windstorm, was a longtime artist and… Read More
We have more confirmation that Richard Sherman is a bonafide geek. The Seahawks star cornerback is apparently a diehard Pokemon fan, according to a story in Mashable today. Growing up in… Read More
The business of Super Bowl advertising doesn’t wait for game time anymore, with online engagement serving as a key component to hyping ads way ahead of Sunday. The data crunchers at… Read More
Pokemon is commemorating its 20th anniversary next month, and to celebrate it’s got a blockbuster ad to show off during the Super Bowl. The 70-second spot starts off like many of… Read More
A longtime Pokémon superfan who is being sued by the company for organizing a themed party during the PAX Prime gaming conference in Seattle said he needs to come up with $4,000 to settle… Read More
Ramar Larkin Jones was in the middle of painting beach balls to look like Pokéballs when he got the news. After throwing a Pokémon-themed party on the eve of the PAX… Read More
FOLLOW-UP: Pokémon’s lawsuit to block fan party came without warning — or profits The Pokémon Company International, Inc. filed suit against two Seattleites on Wednesday, claiming they broke copyright laws when… Read More
If you’ve always wanted to see President Barack Obama sing the Pokemon theme song, well, the day has come. The funny folks over at BarackDubs are out with a new Obama… Read More
Startups come up with some really cool and also really odd company names. The Wall Street Journal had some fun this morning and asked readers to separate award-winning European startups… Read More