Sorry guys, the Legendary Pokemon giveaway at today's San Diego Comic-Con Pokemon GO [Free] panel ended up being nothing but a rumor, to the disappointment of thousands of attendees (yours truly included). Everyone knows by now that the game is a worldwide phenomenon that's been dominating popular culture. It should come as no surprise, then, that a panel focusing on the game took place today at the famous, and huge, Hall H at pop culture central, San Diego Comic-Con. Everyone attending (including me) expected (hoped") that the developers would give out something special during the panel, and there were rumors definitely swirling about a massive giveaway.

For instance, I had Staff members tell me that they knew for sure some kind of Legendary Pokemon giveaway was going to happen, and the only thing left to find out was how it was going to be done. Most of the over 6000 people in attendance seemed to be ready to grab that new Legendary, and there was a pretty energized atmosphere as we were waiting for Niantic's president, John Hanke, to talk for a bit before pulling an Oprah on us and giving out a Legendary Pokemon. Alas, it was not to be as the panel came and went with no giveaway despite a member of the audience asking Hanke directly whether we were getting one. Most of the information we got about the game was topics we've already talked about - like future plans for trading and improvements to Pokestops and Gyms - but what was new was the reveal of the three...