‘Pokémon Go’ Exec Promises 1,000-Person Times Square Mewtwo Event Is Just the Beginning of 10th Anniversary: ​​’My Personal Goal Is to Create Core Memories’ for All Players0

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• July 11, 2026

Ten years ago, “Pokémon Go” vice president of product Michael Steranka was crying in the shower because the hit mobile game’s first large-scale event was, in his opinion, a disaster. The Niantic-developed game kept crashing, too many people were trying to play at once, and the servers couldn’t handle the immense popularity of the game.