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You’re not Pokémon Go — don’t hammer AR into your mobile game

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 13, 2019
5 min

In 2018, mobile gaming accounted for over 74 percent of App Store revenue. With this gold rush comes a slew of new games, to...

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Pokémon Go adds critters from Black and White’s Gen 5 roster

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 16, 2019
1 min

Pokémon from the franchise’s fifth generation will start showing up in Niantic‘s hit mobile game Pokémon Go today. Gen 5 encompasses Pokémon Black and...

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Niantic has an event to get Ingress players walking.

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Niantic unveils Hexathlon global event for Ingress AR game

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 11, 2019
1 min

Niantic has revealed the details of a real-world global gameplay experience for its pioneering augmented reality game, Ingress, with NIA Field Tests. The NIA...

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Knights, tanks, and wizards: AR’s top 5 games

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 6, 2019
5 min

When VR headsets hit the high street in 2016, it seemed like a watershed moment for the gaming industry. But as it turned out,...

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Assignments in the Harry Potter AR game, Wizards Unite!

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Harry Potter: Wizards Unite guide — Everything you need to know

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 27, 2019
7 min

It’s finally here. Last week saw the launch of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite and, ever since, I’ve been obsessed. Those who have played Pokémon...

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Sensor Tower — Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is no Pokémon Go-sized smash hit

Posted byby Mike Minotti
June 24, 2019
1 min

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite made about $1.1 million and got around 3 million installs during its first four days of availability, according to market...