[Oni]

Niantic has cut off Russia from Pokemon Go. TOS probably covers Niantic's ass, but the situation is made complicated by the fact that some players may have paid for microtransactions in the past.

Pokemon Go developer Niantic has become the latest company to answer Ukraine's call to cut off Russia by stopping downloads of its games in the country. But Niantic is also going further than some of its peers, saying that "gameplay will also be suspended [in Russia and Belarus] shortly."

"We stand with the global community in hoping for peace and a rapid resolution to the violence and suffering in Ukraine," Niantic said in a tweeted announcement late Thursday night.

Niantic joins major game publishers—including Take-Two, Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Activision Blizzard, Epic Games, and CD Projekt Red—as well as all major game console makers in preventing new players from obtaining their games and products in Russia during the ongoing invasion. But those other game companies have largely stopped short of suspending access for Russian customers that previously purchased games before the sanctions started.

Read More: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/03/p...in-russia/

[Accident Man]

I genuinely did not cerebrate Niantic would go this far, but I guess they confuted me. Hapless for those who wanted nothing to do with this inane war, but I guess desperate times call for desperate measures.