Team Go Rocket leaders are being spotted around London to mark their arrival in Pokemon Go

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The leaders are being spotted in districts that spell out Giovanni's name

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Niantic is marking the launch of the arrival of Team Go Rocket leaders in Pokemon Go with a promotional event in London.

The fiendish trio have invaded digital ads around the area, with the official Pokemon Go Twitter account teasing their locations with a series of coordinates that point to locations in London. Players were quick to connect the dots and work out where the locations are. 

Several eagled-eyed players who have been working out where the locations of the coordinates have even worked out that spots are in districts that spell out Team Rocket leader Giovanni's name.  

We don't yet know what else these locations might provide for players who venture out to see the posters for themselves, so we'll be keeping our eyes peeled on the Pokemon Go twitter account. 

Pokemon UK also tweeted out a picture citing that it's seen several posters with the team leaders around London, signalling their takeover. Pokemon Go responded warning trainers to be careful if they're in the area. 


We're really enjoying this way of promoting the arrival of the leaders and the new Special Research event that sees you try to locate the leaders hideout spots and even try to take on the infamous Team Rocket Boss, Giovanni. 

Professor Willow's new research event sees you taking on Team Go Rocket Grunts who may drop Mysterious Components. Once you've collected six components, you'll be able to assemble a Rocket Radar to scan an area and find the leaders hideouts and face the nefarious trio. Once you've taken on all the leaders, you can try to go after Giovanni and gain the chance to catch a Legendary Shadow Pokemon. 

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Heather Wald
Heather Wald
Evergreen Editor, Games

Heather Wald is the Evergreen Editor, Games at GamesRadar+. Her writing career began on a student-led magazine at Bath Spa University, where she earned a BA (Hons) in English literature. Heather landed her first role writing about tech and games for Stuff Magazine shortly after graduating with an MA in magazine journalism at Cardiff University. Now with almost seven years of experience working with GamesRadar+ on the features team, Heather helps to develop, maintain, and expand the evergreen features that exist on the site for games, as well as spearhead the Indie Spotlight series. You'll also see her contribute op-eds, interview-led features, and more. In her spare time, you'll likely find Heather tucking into RPGs and indie games, reading romance novels, and drinking lots of tea.