location-based games Archives

Transformers: Heavy Metal is a real-world AR mobile game from Niantic and Hasbro

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 14, 2021
2 min

Niantic and Hasbro have partnered to make the real-world augmented reality mobile game Transformers: Heavy Metal. It’s yet another location-based game along the lines...

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Run to My Heart is a social running game.

Niantic sets up $10 million third-party developer fund and names first dev contest winner

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 6, 2019
3 min

Niantic has scored hundreds of millions of players and billions of dollars in revenue from games like Pokémon Go. And now it is using...

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Niantic has an event to get Ingress players walking.

Niantic enables small businesses to sponsor events in location games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 6, 2019
2 min

Niantic has had big corporations like McDonald’s and Starbucks sponsor locations for some time in its location-based games. Now the creator of Pokémon Go...

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Shipyard Games raises $2.9 million from Clash Royale maker Supercell

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 10, 2017
2 min

Clash Royale maker Supercell has invested $2.9 million in Helsinki-based Shipyard Games, which is making a location-based mobile game. The deal is the second example...

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Location, location, location: Red Robot Labs unveils Life is Magic game, where you fight for territory

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 30, 2012
3 min

Will Life is Magic become the second big hit for Red Robot Labs in the location-gaming market?

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Red Robot Labs to invest $2M in third-party developers making location games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 22, 2012
2 min

Red Robot Labs is sharing the wealth by investing $2M in developers that use its location-based gaming platform.

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The Tap Lab raises $550K to fund location-based mobile games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 3, 2012
2 min

The Tap Lab has raised $550,000 to finance mobile games that are layered on top of real-world locations. The idea is to create experiences...

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Booyah builds a new location app for Facebook Places in three weeks (video)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 19, 2010
1 min

Keith Lee, chief executive of location-based game company Booyah, said today that his team built its new Facebook Places location app — InCrowd —...

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