Niantic Games Team

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 Q109285421^[20].
• Niantic Games Team's product or material produced is recorded as Q117788817^[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], Q109285421^[20], Q117788817^[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]