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Battlepalooza is takin' battle royale to the streets.

Battlepalooza is the first battle royale to use Google Maps for levels

Posted byby Jason Wilson
November 19, 2020
2 min

The autumn wind may be a Raider, but fans of Las Vegas’ NFL team haven’t had a real chance to pillage The Strip as...

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Google Maps is adding new kinds of terrain details for its platform that game developers can exploit.

Google Maps platform adds new styles and gameplay options for mobile games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 15, 2019
2 min

Google unveiled a platform a year ago that enable game developers to create location-based games based on its Google Maps technology. And now the...

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Jurassic World: Alive used Google Maps for its location-based gaming.

Google Maps gaming platform expands after a year of success stories

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 14, 2019
3 min

Google is touting the success of its Google Maps gaming platform, which launched a year ago to bring location-based features to more mobile games....

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ARCore 1.7 includes a new Augmented Faces API.

Apple is prioritizing AR — and that’s a good thing

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 22, 2019
3 min

Until recently, it was easy to dismiss augmented reality as at best a luxury add-on to cellphones, at worst a gimmicky marketing stunt. From...

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Google Maps Platform arrives with pay-as-you-go billing, free support, and Cloud requirement starting June 11

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 2, 2018
3 min

Google Maps Platform promises streamlined API products, a simplified customer experience, a single pricing plan with pay-as-you-go billing, free support, a single console, and new industry solutions. The catch? Starting on June 11, you'll need a valid API key and a Google Cloud Platform billing account to access it.