Niantic Games Team

former mobile app development company, now development team inside of Scopely
Organization development_team Q13462819
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Summary

Niantic Games Team is a development team[1]. It draws 9,409 Wikipedia views per month (development_team category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Niantic Games Team was a member of Overture Maps Foundation[3].
  • Niantic Games Team is in the country of United States[4].
  • Niantic Games Team's instance of is recorded as development team[5].
  • Niantic Games Team's founder is recorded as John Hanke[6].
  • Niantic is named after Niantic Games Team[7].
  • Niantic Games Team's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco[8].
  • Niantic Games Team's chief executive officer is recorded as John Hanke[9].
  • Niantic Games Team's Commons category is recorded as Niantic[10].
  • Niantic Games Team's industry is recorded as video game industry[11].
  • 2010 marks the founding of Niantic Games Team[12].
  • Niantic Games Team was dissolved in 2025[13].
  • Niantic Games Team's parent organization or unit is recorded as Google[14].
  • Niantic Games Team's parent organization or unit is recorded as Scopely[15].
  • Niantic Games Team's official website is recorded as https://www.nianticlabs.com/[16].
  • Niantic Games Team's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Niantic[17].
  • Niantic Games Team's product or material produced is recorded as Ingress[18].
  • Niantic Games Team's product or material produced is recorded as Pokémon Go[19].
  • Niantic Games Team's product or material produced is recorded as Pikmin Bloom[20].
  • Niantic Games Team's product or material produced is recorded as Monster Hunter Now[21].
  • Niantic Games Team's product or material produced is recorded as Harry Potter: Wizards Unite[22].
  • Niantic Games Team's product or material produced is recorded as Niantic Wayfarer[23].
  • Niantic Games Team's topic has template is recorded as Template:Niantic[24].
  • Niantic Games Team's different from is recorded as Niantic Spatial[25].
  • Niantic Games Team's merged into is recorded as Scopely[26].

Body

Founding

Niantic Games Team's founder is recorded as John Hanke[6]. 2010 marks the founding of it[12].

Leadership

Niantic Games Team's chief executive officer is recorded as John Hanke[9].

Operations

Niantic Games Team's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco[8]. Parent organizations include Google[14], a business[27], in United States[28], founded in 1998[29], headquartered in Mountain View[30] and Scopely[15], a video game developer[31], in United States[32], founded in 2011[33], headquartered in Los Angeles[34].

Industry

Niantic Games Team's industry is recorded as video game industry[11].

Ownership

Products include Ingress[18], Pokémon Go[19], Pikmin Bloom[20], Monster Hunter Now[21], Harry Potter: Wizards Unite[22], and Niantic Wayfarer[23].

Dissolution

Niantic Games Team was dissolved in 2025[13].

Why It Matters

Niantic Games Team draws 9,409 Wikipedia views per month (development_team category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . lobbyfacts.eu. lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . scopely.com. scopely.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . nianticlabs.com. Retrieved . nianticlabs.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . pokemongohub.net. pokemongohub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . scopely.com. scopely.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Japanbird · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +2025-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Dissolved → —
    Legal form → ['Q891723', 'Q1589009']
    Industry → video game industry
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