By Emma Boyle
It might have been a while since you last played, but Niantic is giving Pokémon Go players a good reason to return to the game while they’re out trick-or-treating this Halloween.
Starting October 26 and running for a whole week through to November 1, Pokémon Go will be having its very first in-game event.
For this limited period, players will find themselves encountering what Niantic has called the game’s “spookiest Pokémon” including ghost types like Gastly and Gengar as well as some psychic types like Drowzee, and flying types Zubat and Golbat. We’re not entirely sure encountering even more Zubats is a treat, but Halloween does admittedly have tricks too.
We want candy
As you’d expect from anything trying to attach itself to Halloween, candy will play a part, with players receiving double the amount of candy for catching new Pokémon and sending them to the professor.
Candy earned via the buddy system feature will see an even larger increase of 300%, meaning you’ll get four times the amount of candy from walking your buddy Pokémon.
Back in September Niantic’s CEO John Hanke teased that we were only seeing the “tip of the iceberg” of Pokémon Go, and that many …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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