Sarah Thwaites & Jordan Oloman

Sarah & Jordan are freelance writers and consultants with several years of experience writing about video games and internet culture for sites like The Washington Post, The Guardian, IGN, The BBC, Game Informer and many more.

We were among the first in the world to experience Pokémon Go's Unity Raids - here's how they work

From Go Fest: Tokyo 2026, a report on Pokémon Go's big new feature - Unity Raids. Here's how the phone-raising battles work, and how they went.

By Sarah Thwaites & Jordan Oloman

/ 4 Jun 2026

Screenshots of a Unity Raid in Pokémon Go, the left with the text 'The shield is wearing down! Unite and attack it again!', and the right, 'Raise your device in the air to get your Pokémon!'

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