Pokémon GO launches summer mission with team leaders Blanche, Spark, Candela

A decade after Pokémon GO coaxed millions into the streets with phones raised skyward, the game marks its tenth year not with quiet reflection but with a summer of shared purpose. Niantic has gathered its three iconic team leaders — Blanche, Spark, and Candela — to anchor seasonal missions that invite both loyal trainers and long-absent wanderers back into the field. A free festival in Barcelona and community gatherings across the globe suggest that the game's most enduring achievement was never the technology itself, but the quiet permission it gave strangers to be outside together, searching