‘Pokemon GO’ Hints Of Cooperative Raids After Game Reaches 65 Million Monthly Users

Niantic Labs would roll out in spring new cooperative social gameplay experiences for “Pokemon GO.” The announcement was made to celebrate the number of players which had reached 65 million users monthly. Based on a code that has appeared within the game, it would suggest the experiences would use a feature from “Ingress,” the first mobile game of Niantic.

Codes Refer to Nearby Raids

Polygon explains that when gamers went through the codes of the latest “Pokemon GO” update that added traditional Chinese Language Support to the game, they found lines of code that refer to “nearby raids” and updated gym features. The update refers to Version 1.31.0 for iOS or Version 0.61.0 for Android.

BGR reports that the new cooperative social gameplay would allow the attack or defense of gyms cooperatively as part of overhauling the system and bringing back old players of “Pokemon GO.” Although Niantic did not give a specific date for the release of the cooperative gameplay experiences, it is expected by the end of June if the update would arrive in spring.

Working With Other Players To Attack Or Defend A Gym

Trainers would have new and exciting reasons to return to the sunshine through the formation of a cooperative multiplayer mode system. Ubergizmo explains it could be similar to a feature in “Ingress” where players use a raid-like feature. Under that feature, players could work with other “Pokemon GO” players to defend or attack gyms together. Current features have players doing things on their own.

The gaming website notes the concept about the raids remains vague. Based on what data miners discovered on a private Discord for “Pokemon GO” players, it suggests gamers would receive notification of gym raids starting in the vicinity. Polygon points out that the original teaser for “Pokemon GO” in fall 2015 hinted of time-sensitive raids features.

It adds that based on pieces of data mine that are gym-related, it could mean shaking up how long the monsters could hold onto their posts. Lines of code indicated the Pokemon could be forced out of a gym by other “Pokemon GO” players.