Pokémon Unite is a "free to start" 5v5 team battle game

By Samuel Tolbert
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Pokemon Unite Image (Image credit: The Pokémon Company)

What you need to know

  • Today, a new Pokémon title called Pokémon Unite was announced.
  • Pokémon Unite is essentially a Pokémon MOBA being developed in partnership with Tencent's TiMi Studios.
  • Pokémon Unite is coming to Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android with cross-play.

Today, The Pokémon Company revealed an all-new Pokémon title being developed with Tencent-owned TiMi Studios. This new game is called Pokémon Unite. In Pokémon Unite, two teams of five players face off in a battle arena. You improve your Pokémon through defeating wild Pokémon and win by scoring points before the time runs out. You can take a look at the full presentation below.

Pokémon Unite will be "free to start" on Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android. Cross-platform play is supported. There's no release date or release window at this time but more information will be coming soon.

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Samuel Tolbert
Samuel Tolbert
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Samuel Tolbert is a freelance gaming writer who started working for iMore and its sister sites Windows Central and Android Central in July 2019. He handles news, previews, reviews, and exclusive original reporting, and has also been featured on TechRadar.

With a background studying engineering before he shifted his focus to gaming journalism, he's skilled at identifying technical advantages and disadvantages provided by different hardware. If he’s not writing something, he’s off playing video games, spending time with his pets, exercising, or reading. He's also fond of trying to draw things with his iPad.