San Francisco tech company Niantic sold off its hit Pokémon Go and a few other video game titles in a $3.85 billion megadeal.

In the latest round of ongoing Bay Area tech layoffs, mobile game maker Niantic, Inc. announced it would be cutting dozens of ...

John Hanke, the head of the gaming company behind 'Pokémon Go,' says the so-called metaverse could be humans' greatest creation—or its worst nightmare. ‘Pokémon Go’ turns five: Why AR’s ...

Scopely will not acquire Niantic’s mapping technology business, which the company’s Chief Executive Officer John Hanke will helm under the new name, Niantic Spatial. Using players’ data, the company ...

Niantic founder and chief John Hanke will head a new Niantic Spacial company after selling the teams behind Pokemon Go and other mobile games to Scopely - Copyright ...

John Hanke, the CEO of Niantic, tells Business Insider that the company didn't need the money, strictly speaking: "Pokémon Go," revitalized by a plethora of fan-requested features, has brought in ...

Niantic, the company behind Pokémon GO, will spin off its geospatial AI arm into a new firm, Niantic Spatial, with $250 ...

Earlier this month, Niantic CEO John Hanke confirmed to Waypoint in an interview that trading and a player vs. player battle system would be coming to Pokemon Go “soon,” but didn’t provide ...

This week at Mobile World Congress, Niantic CEO John Hanke revealed that Pokemon Go would receive three additional major updates in 2017. That was all the news we got, but in an interview with ...

Niantic’s CEO and founder, John Hanke, who previously worked at Google in the satellite mapping division, created Pokémon Go to encourage players to explore their neighborhoods using an ...

According to a Bloomberg report, Niantic’s CEO John Hanke sent an email to employees saying that the company was, “facing a time of economic turmoil,” and thus needed to cut costs. The report states ...

It was also the first game made under the leadership of John Hanke, who would go on to form Pokémon Go developer Niantic. Incidentally, "Meridian 59" is still online as a free game. You can grab ...