MLB, Pok¨Śmon GO launch partnership for '25
David Adler
@_dadlerThe world of baseball and the world of Pok¨Śmon are coming together this season.
MLB is partnering with Pok¨Śmon GO to create a whole new ballpark experience for baseball fans who play the game.
Over the next three seasons, MLB and Niantic, the makers of Pok¨Śmon GO, will partner to make Major League ballparks a unique part of the augmented-reality mobile game, which lets players catch Pok¨Śmon in real-world locations. Pok¨Śmon GO is the world's biggest location-based mobile game.
The MLB Pok¨Śmon GO program will launch in the game on March 27 and run all season long. Here's what fans can look forward to.
All of the 30 MLB stadiums will be integrated into the Pok¨Śmon GO game this year. Starting on Opening Day, every MLB ballpark will have official Pok¨ŚStops and Gyms for its big league team.
Each ballpark will also feature Official Routes, where baseball fans at the game will be able to follow Routes connecting important locations throughout the stadium while collecting rewards in Pok¨Śmon GO.
There will also be Pok¨Śmon GO Theme Nights at MLB games throughout the 2025 season hosted by participating teams at their ballparks.
Fans who buy tickets for a Pok¨Śmon GO Theme Night promotion will get a Pok¨Śmon GO and MLB team-branded T-shirt.
The fans in attendance at the theme nights will also get special Pok¨Śmon GO in-game content, including virtually wearable baseball caps of the home team, special Timed Research missions during the game and -- last but not least -- collectible and tradable Pikachu with baseball ballpark Location Backgrounds, which will be catchable in Raid Battles at scheduled times during the game.