Earlier this week, Niantic announced a new venture with Warner Bros. Interactive and Portkey Games calledHarry Potter: Wizards Unite. Recognizing that some fans may be worried that the newHarry Pottergame will take resources fromPokemon GO’s continued support and development, Niantic released a statement on its website to ease fan’s concerns. While asserting its commitment toPokemon GO, Niantic revealed that improvements to some of the game’s existing features will be announced next week.
According to Niantic, thePokemon GOdevelopment team is hard at work on improvements to some of the game’s features, but it stopped short of providing specifics. Concrete details will come next week, but again, Niantic didn’t offer a specific day fans can expect to learn more about the game’s future.
Besides improvements to features that are already inPokemon GO, Niantic teased that brand new features will be introduced in 2018. Niantic didn’t reveal exactly what new features will be coming toPokemon GOin 2018, but many fans are hoping that next year will finally bring long-requested features likePokemon tradingand PvP battles to the game.
While official details onPokemon GO’s 2018 updates remain scarce, a recent acquisition by Niantic does give us an idea of what to expect. Recently,Niantic purchased the Evertoon teamto develop new social features forPokemon GO. What form these social features will take remains to be seen, but hopefully they are designed to help players assemble raid groups easier.
It’s easy to see how dedicated social features could improve thePokemon GOexperience, especially when it comes to legendary raids and other tough raid battles. However, we are just speculating about how social features will be implemented intoPokemon GO, and like all the game’s other upcoming updates, we will have to wait for official word from Niantic to be sure.
Pokemon GOis available now for iOS and Android mobile devices.
