[UPDATE: According to Niantic,Pokemon GO’s login issues have been resolved for bothGoogle accountsandPokemon Trainer Club accounts. The original story continues below.]
Without a doubt, there were likely plenty ofPokemon GOfans who took part in the popular mobile augmented reality title’sValentine’s Day eventin order to scoop up a load of Luvdiscs and take advantage of the offering of three times the amount of Stardust with each one caught. Now, however, would-be trainers looking to play the ARG at the moment may hit a snag, as many players are reporting login issues with the title across Android and iOS devices.
As seen in the tweets below from the officialPokemon GOand Niantic Twitter accounts, the game developer is well aware of the situation, as it is “currently investigating” the reports from players in regards to the login issues. What’s more is that not only isPoGOexperiencing problems, but also Niantic’s other augmented reality product,Ingress, is having some troubles, too, with Agents unable access the title.
Niantic has yet to divulge what the problem could be in regardsPokemon GO’s login issues, but one can only hope that the company discovers what’s wrong as quickly as possible so that trainers can get back to catching ‘em all. As of writing, we here at Game Rant have attempted multiple times to login to the ARG on the iPhone, but are continually met with an error screen that reads, “Unable to authenticate. Please try again.”
Taking all of this into consideration, there’s no telling as to whyPokemon GOis inaccessible at the moment, as there could be myriad explanations for the login issues. That said, though, with Niantic having recently introducedTeam Rocket clothingin the title, perhaps those who have aligned themselves with the in-game criminal organization have intentionally shut the servers down so that they could steal all the Pokemon for themselves.
Pokemon GOis available now for Android and iOS.
