Pokemon GO Halloween Event Kicks Off Today

Sinnohโ€™s Most Haunting Monsters Join Pokemon GO Today

Niantic is unleashing this yearโ€™s Halloween event for Pokemon GO today, which introduces a couple more monsters from the Sinnoh region and candy bonuses!

Pokemon GO Halloween 2018

Kicking off at 1pm PDT/4pm EDT, the event will see Gen 4 legendary Giratina appear in raid battles until November 20th, along with Drifloon and Stunky coming to the tall grass near you. Trainers will also earn double candy for every โ€˜mon caught between today at the event start time and November 1st. Some spooky new threads will also be available in the avatar store including a Gengar Backpack and a Drifloon Cap.

Additionally, a limited-time Special Research event will give players a chance to score themselves a Spiritomb.

In other recent Pokemon GO news, Niantic started implementing monsters from Generation 4 earlier this month, and Nintendo gave the low-down on how transfers will work between GO and the upcoming Letโ€™s GO titles for the Nintendo Switch.

Let us know if youโ€™ll be out hunting for Pokemon in the dark of the night in the comments, and keep it locked to COGconnected for all the latest gaming news!

SOURCE: Pokemon GO Live