Making It In Ar Mobile
Pokémon Go to Minecraft Earth: the successes and failures of AR mobile games
Can anyone compete with Pokémon Go’s success in the AR genre?
Interview
Niantic’s director of production on the AR leader’s history and development
Kellee Santiago discusses the company’s mission to help players explore the world together
Job News
Apple hires two of Playdeo’s three co-founders as the company continues its push into mixed reality
The hiring adds credence to rumours that the company is developing a VR headset to be released in January
Ascension In Asia
Niko Partners: Games with metaverse elements will be most profitable short term
Cloud gaming predicted to reach 500 million in Asia by 2025
Augmented Reality
Niantic brings Lightship to browser
Lightship VPS aims to make AR more accessible than ever before
Mobile Ar
Blippar integrates with Unity
Augmented reality platform Blippar has integrated with Unity allowing AR experiences to be built with greater ease across the platform
Augmented Reality
Eight UK Studios selected for possible Niantic Lightship partnerships
The studios will pitch their AR experiences later this summer
Snapchat Spookery
Snap releases AR game Ghost Phone within the Snapchat app
Augmented Reality horror game stylised as found footage for a modern twist on those Blair Witch Project vibes
Niantic Wants You To Play Together
Niantic introduces social app Campfire
After the beta period, the app’s rollout begins in the coming days
Bouncing Into Basketball
Niantic partners with the NBA to create an AR basketball game
Basketball in the "real-world metaverse"
Arpple
Apple’s VR headset to be released in January, says insider
Apple insider Ming-Chi Kuo claims a release date in less than eight months for "the most complicated product Apple has ever designed"
Gaming And Golfing
New PGA golf game utilises Niantic Lightship AR tech
Developer by Trigger as an educational, utility game
Join Us
Niantic wants you in its social AR network
The Campfire social app, currently live in Ingress, and Lightship VPS was revealed at Niantic Lightship Summit
Meta Collections
Facebook and Instagram to start NFT integration
Meta and Etherium, Solana, Polygon, and Flow networks partner to build NFT platform
Pokemon To Peridot
Niantic unveils latest AR game Peridot
Pokémon Go creator's latest AR title harness original IP
Niantic Adds Nzxr
Niantic acquires New Zealand-based AR studio NZXR
Will become "integral part" of design and development teams for location-based AR titles
Izumi Incorporating
Jamie Davies appointed as Izumi World CMO in preparation for NFT AR game
Brings experience from leading Xbox franchises, such as Halo, Gears of War, and Fable
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GDC snapshot: keeping Pokémon GO alive during the COVID pandemic
Light bites from Niantic’s panel detail managing the world’s largest AR game during a global lockdown
Ar Acquisition
Niantic acquires 8th Wall to empower AR metaverse
Expanding the reach of Niantic Lightship tools
Ar Audio
Niantic and Sony partner for bring hi-fidelity audio AR
Starting with AR mobile game Ingress
PokÉ To Axie
Philip La on moving from Pokémon GO to Axie Infinity
Player ownership, the strength of the Pokémon IP, and Axie Infinity's economy sustainability
Things Things Things
Careers spotlight: Pixel Toys
Find out more about working at the Leamington Spa game studio in our Pixel Toys careers spotlight
Selfie Services
Pixelynx and Ready Player Me to bring selfie-generated 3D avatars to music metaverse
Will feature in upcoming music metaverse AR mobile game
Meta Money
What does the future hold for mobile games advertising?
Playable Factory's Gökçe Nur Oguz presents her tips for disrupting the mobile games advertising space.
Gaze Into The Crystal Ball
PocketGamer.biz’s predictions for 2022 mobile gaming
NFTs, the metaverse, and hybrid monetisation
Blockchain Bridge
Affyn raises $7 million for F2P P2E AR metaverse mobile game
All in-game characters will be represented as NFTs
Lowkey Hires
Niantic hires the majority of social platform Lowkey's staff
Hired the majority of the team
Bitcoin Battling
Niantic partners with Fold to create AR Bitcoin metaverse experience
Gameplay involves finding and protecting your Bitcoin from other players
Big World
Niantic raises $300 million to build out a real-world metaverse
Pokemon Go developer now valued at $9 billion
Make Some Moves
Nike brings Nikeland to the Roblox metaverse
Encourages players to get active using phones
Merging The Worlds
Niantic to license its Lightship ARDK dev kit to developers
Also establishes $20 million fund to invest in devs
Accelerate Development
Niantic acquires developer experience firm Hoss
Will assist in accelerating development of Lightship ARDK
Pgc Digital #8
Jam City's Josh Yguado talks acquisitions, IP integration and the future of mobile games
Nowhere near peak gaming, he says
Missing Features
Rumoured Apple AR/VR headset to require iPhone connection
Making it as power efficient as possible
Hiring Now
XR Games secures $2 million in funding to open 20 new jobs in Leeds
"Immersive technology has huge potential in this industry…"
Scanning The Market
Pokémon GO creator Niantic acquires 3D scanning app Scaniverse
Scaniverse founder and CEO will join Niantic’s AR engineering team
Reality Bites
Apple removes Rosie's Reality from Apple Arcade after dev becomes unable to support game
"We're focusing our efforts on different topics…"
A New Resolution
Resolution Games closes $25 million round of funding to expand IP
"We see vast potential in VR and that the market is maturing"
Hunt Train
CD Projekt’s The Witcher: Monster Slayer launches this July
Releasing simultaneously for IOS and Android
580,000 Nfts Sold
Marvel partners with mobile collectables app VeVe for NFTs
Superheroes are inbound with added AR
Prehistoric Play
Why Ludia believes there's still an audience for Jurassic World Alive and location-based games
"There is still space to explore and experiment…"
Ar Shark Repellent?
A new Batman AR game is in development from Warner Bros.
Available to download in Italy on iOS devices
Soft Launch, Roll Out
Niantic partners with Hasbro to launch Transformers: Heavy Metal in 2021
Studio confirms around a dozen games in development
Life Finds A Way
Jurassic World Alive roars to $100 million-plus revenue and 25 million downloads in three years
Over 300 million dinosaurs unlocked
New Vision
Reality Clash enables Admix's In-Play tech for advertising in AR
Mobile game demonstrates new monetisation
New View
Rovio teams up with Burger King to offer Angry Birds plushies and AR game
Uses Zappar's tech
Private Beta
Niantic renames Real World Platform to Lightship, offering more access
Access to suite of tools that power Niantic games
Time To Hunt
Android players can sign up for soft-launch version of The Witcher: Monster Slayer
To later be fully released on Android and iOS
New Reality
Niantic launches 5G-optimised demo Codename: Urban Legends
Working with telecoms
Adventurers Assemble
As Niantic soft-launches Pikmin AR game in Singapore, new details sprout
Pre-registration available across iOS and Android