Pokémon GO Apologizes For Messing Up Paid Events (Again)

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Once again, the developers behind Pokémon Go are apologizing to players for technical issues that hindered a recent promotional event — this time for a Raid Day just before the annual Pokémon Go Fest that began late last week. The summer-long series of Pokémon GO Fest 2022 events will feature plenty of Raids and chances to catch rare Shiny variants of legendary creatures like Groudon and Kyogre, as well as a few surprises like a Pikachu dressed in a special Pokémon GO Fest 2022 costume. Pokémon GO Fest 2022 is being held in both virtual and live venues, and a social media campaign recently gave players a chance to win free tickets to the latter for finding a rare post containing a Golden Razz Berry.

Before the first event of Pokémon GO Fest 2022, players had the chance to capture Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire’s ocean-expanding Kyogre during a Raid Hour last Wednesday. However, those that attempted to log in during this Pokémon GO promotion encountered extreme lag and crashes that prevented them from being able to access the game in certain time zones. This made even getting to the already-rare Kyogre in Pokémon GO difficult, but thankfully developer Niantic announced that it has already addressed the undisclosed issue that caused this conundrum in the first place.

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Yesterday afternoon, the official Pokémon GO Twitter account posted a message apologizing for the technical issues that took place during last week’s Pokémon GO Kyogre Raid Hour, as well as announcing a new event that will give players another chance to catch the Pokémon they may have missed out on the first time around. This new Raid Hour event will take place on June 10 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. local time in the 12