Pokémon Go Fest 2023 can be held on the weekend of the August 4-6, beginning off in South London’s Brockwell Park earlier than spreading extra extensively round Higher London.
It’s a ticketed occasion, costing £30 a pop. However till June 15, early fowl tickets can be found for £27.
What’s Pokémon Go Fest?
The primary Pokémon Go Fest was held in 2017, in Chicago, and has been held yearly since — apart from in 2020 and 2021, when the pandemic compelled the occasion to scale down dramatically.
This would be the first full-scale Pokémon Go Fest occasion to be held in London. Whereas there was a pared-back model in London in 2021, it’s nothing like what we hope to see this August. You’ll be able to learn an attendee’s report from that yr over on the Metro.
The Pokémon Go’s video on the 2019 Chicago occasion provides first-time followers an concept of what to anticipate — assuming the augmente- actuality cell sport’s fan base hasn’t fully run out of steam 4 years later.
London’s Pokémon Go Fest is cut up into two classes, the park half and town half. You’ll be able to method these in both order. Begin with the park and you’ll discover Brockwell from 9am to 1.30pm, after which head into town from 2.30pm to 7.30pm — or the opposite means round.
This clear delineation of the morning and afternoon slots might be a type of crowd management. The primary European Pokémon Go Fest was held in Dortmund in 2019, and reportedly attracted 85,000 gamers to the occasion, whereas 200,000 have been recorded within the surrounding space.
Pokémon Go Fest will in fact see a lot of particular Pokémon spawns, in addition to “unique gameplay, particular bonuses, and extra” based on Pokémon Go Hub. We don’t but know the way a lot further infrastructure and leisure can be laid on at Brockwell Park, however it’s no stranger to festivals, set to be residence to Vast Awake, Cross the Tracks, and Metropolis Splash in Might alone.
It’s also not but clear the place else in Higher London Pokémon will begin sprouting.
This yr, the opposite lead Pokémon Go Fest occasions are to be held in Osaka, on the identical weekend, and in New York, from August 18-20.
Is Pokémon Go nonetheless widespread?
Pokémon Go reached a $6 billion (£4.9 bn) income milestone in June 2022, based on VentureBeat. And whereas its participant depend has dropped for the reason that Pokémon Go mania of 2017, its every day consumer numbers vary from 5 million to eight million, whereas month-to-month customers are estimated at as much as 80 million. These usually are not official figures launched by writer Niantic, however provide a tough concept of the continued recognition of the augmented-reality sensation.
In newer information, Niantic is engaged on a Marvel-themed tackle the Pokemon Go blueprint, known as Marvel World of Heroes. It’s due for launch later this yr.
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