Pokemon Go

Even Katy Perry is getting in on this Poké-party.

Families who play Pokémon GO and have dreamed of taking their kids to the game’s annual live event, Pokémon GO Fest, may have an easier time doing it this year. The augmented reality game played via mobile app encourages participants to get out and explore their real-world surroundings by connecting the Pokémon universe to actual local businesses and landmarks...

Thousands of people descended on Chicago Saturday for Pokémon Go Fest – an event that was billed as a celebration of the smartphone game’s first year but instead became a debacle plagued by massive lines and connectivity issues. Organized by the game’s developer, Niantic, the all-day festival in Grant Park was the company’s first official live event for players of...

Gamers shouldn’t expect another “Pokemon Go” style game out anytime soon. Nearly a dozen executives at companies from Sony to Angry Birds-creator Rovio said “Pokemon Go” would be a tough act to follow, and some even said a challenge would not be worth it, NBC News reports. “Pokemon Go” has been the most downloaded mobile game since its July release....

Pokemania has all but taken over the global landscape as players of the popular app take their Pokeball quest through parks, stadiums, museums, and now into the realm of academia. This fall, the University of Idaho is offering a course called “Pop Culture Games” in which students can play Pokemon Go and other smartphone and live-action games for course credits....

New York sex offenders on parole and under community supervision will be barred from downloading and playing “Pokemon Go” after lawmakers raised concerns that young gamers may be led into contact with offenders, Gov. Cuomo announced Monday.

A state lawmaker in New York says the wildly popular smartphone game Pokemon Go could inadvertently give sexual predators easy access to new prey.

State Department spokesman John Kirby called out a reporter playing ‘Pokemon Go’ during a briefing Thursday.

Two men were attacked while they were playing “Pokemon Go” in Lakewood. Hetty Chang reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Thursday, July 14, 2016.

An 18-year-old North Texas man engrossed in playing the addictive “Pokemon GO” game on his smart phone in a park wound up in a hospital after he failed to see a venomous snake, stepped on it and got bit.

Two Marine Corps veterans playing “Pokemon Go” in Fullerton helped nab a man wanted for attempted murder and other crimes, police said.

The “Pokemon Go” craze in the U.S. has people wandering into yards, driveways, cemeteries and even an off-limits police parking lot in search of cartoon monsters.