‘Pokémon Go’ Easter egg event activates

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Egg-hatching event Eggstravaganza is returning to “Pokémon Go” just in time for Easter: it has started last March 22 and will run until April 2, 2018.

For players interested in hatching virtual eggs inside of Pokémon Go, the second annual Eggstravaganza is here.

An even greater variety of Pokémon will be waiting inside the game’s 2-kilometer Eggs, which can be found at Pokéstop locations during the event, according to the Pokémon Go team at Niantic Labs.

What it means is that Pokémon usually found in 5 kilometers or 10 kilometers Egg types will now be made available through the more common 2 kilometer Eggs as well, while some Pokémon will hatch more frequently.

The virtual currencies of Candy and Stardust are also being boosted with hatched Eggs including bonus Candy, and Stardust doubled for the duration of the event, the team said in an official blog post.

The effect is intended to send players back into “Pokémon Go” and, from there, to the in-game Shop, where there just so happen to be a selection of virtual boxes containing things like Super Incubators and Star Pieces.

Map-based augmented reality game “Pokémon Go” launched midway through 2016 and became a sensation thanks to its remarkable uptake, achieving 500 million downloads by the end of the year.

App developer Niantic, spun off from Google, had previously made “Ingress”, which used several similar concepts albeit in a sci-fi setting, and tracked player movements in order to deduce optimal travel patterns.

Niantic has since announced another licensed, location-based AR tie-in, “Harry Potter: Wizards Unite”, which is expected to arrive at some point in 2018. JB

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