Little by little, Russia is losing access to everything that comes from the West, and that extends to video games. This week Niantic announced that Pokémon GO can no longer be downloaded from this country.
That was what the company announced in a brief message published on Twitter. But not only this nation is affected, but also Belarus. Thus the study joins others who have taken similar measures for their war against Ukraine.
What the message says Niantic is ‘we stand with the world community in the hope for peace and a speedy resolution of the violence and suffering in Ukraine’.
To the above, add ‘Niantic games are no longer available for download in Russia and Belarus, and gameplay will also be discontinued shortly’.
It doesn’t matter if they are downloaded, they will simply stop working. That is also due to other situations.
Among them the suspension of purchases of the app store from Manzana in Russia, while the Google Play Store discontinued its subscription and payment services in that country.
So it’s been very difficult for a long time to play Pokémon GO from Russian territory and this announcement is the culmination of that situation.
It should be noted that the mentioned Niantic also applies to Pikmin Bloomwhich is another of their mobile titles and is very recent.
The Pokémon GO team has donated thousands of dollars to Ukraine
Since the beginning of the war between Russia and Ukraine, the sympathy of Niantic for the latter nation. So much so that he previously donated a large amount of money to various charities and humanitarian organizations.
Between the employees of the studio they raised $75 thousand dollars. The company itself contributed $200,000, an amount similar to that granted by the international subsidiary of Pokemon Company. All to support the Ukrainian people who are suffering from this war.
Many companies are donating money to support Ukraine, and cut their ties with Russia in the process. microsoft is acting in such a way, and the same can be said of the division of PlayStation from Sony.
Nintendofor its part, has already cut off access to the shop and also stopped its shipments of games and consoles to that country. So what happened to Pokémon GO and Niantic it is just one more example of a united front against Russia.
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