PvP battles may finally be coming to Pokemon GO this summer

It’s been almost a year since Pokemon GO made a splash on the mobile gaming scene, and many staples of the long-running series are still to (hopefully, maybe?) find their way to the AR monster-catching game.

One of said staples, which has been around since the very first Pokemon games, is inter-player battles. Fans of the series and Pokemon’s mobile outing have been waiting for this feature for some time now, encouraged by Niantic’s promises, but it’s still nowhere to be seen.

There is still hope, however, for Niantic’s Vice President of Strategic Partnerships ...