‘Pokémon Go’ pivots to support at-home play


Niantic is reversing the flow of play in ‘Pokémon Go’, making creatures find players. — Niantic/The Pokémon Company

Mobile app Pokémon Go has been reinventing itself to cope with Covid-19 conditions.

At launch in 2016, Pokémon Go had to prevent players from spoofing their location by artificial means — playing from home while whizzing from place to place in the game.

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