augmented reality
Landing Party is a new mobile alternate reality RPG from an old-school Turbine founder
Old salts of MMORPGs are likely familiar with the name of Johnny Monsarrat. He effectively had a hand in creating the genre with Asheron's...
Monster Hunter Now Season 3 adds the heavy bowgun, cooking, and three new monsters September 12
Monster Hunter Now promised that the autumn season was bringing some new goodies for mobile gamers to swipe at, but now we have more...
Mobile titles Orna and Hero of Aethric got new monuments, deep dungeons, and ‘passive guild’ in latest update
If you're a fan of Northern Forge Studios' twin mobile games Orna: The GPS RPG or its more recently released (but still tangential in...
Monster Hunter Now brings more monsters, more weapons, and more events this December
Niantic's latest mobile AR title Monster Hunter Now is bringing more reasons for players to walk their real-life streets and chase down giant beasties...
Massively on the Go: The pros and cons of physical minigames in themepark MMOARGs
Summer is a time for themeparks and gaming, and these days, the two can be more readily mixed - with a variety of results....
Massively on the Go: Jurassic World Alive plods on five years later, encumbered by over-monetization
Ludia's Jurassic World Alive is still stomping along. It's gotten some features over the years that seem, well, "borrowed" from that Pokemon GPS game, but yeesh,...
Massively on the Go: February Pokemon GO events are a love/hate relationship
Some things are staying the same in Pokemon GO this February: weekly 1 coin Remote Raid Passes, the return of old Mega and Tier 5 raid pokemon, a...
Massively on the Go: Pikmin Bloom began with Nintendo’s vibes, drifted to Niantic’s void
It's been about a month since Pikmin Bloom was released, and anecdotally, I've noticed social media and real-world communities dying off. But it feels...
Niantic’s new Pikmin Bloom MMOARG has begun its global rollout
The Nintendo/Niantic Pikmin game has an official name: Pikmin Bloom. And so far, it seems a lot of the leak we reported on earlier matches up...
Facebook is building a multi-billion dollar virtual universe
Normally, the announcement of a new MMO or virtual world would elicit nothing but excitement from our quarter, but there's something ominous in hearing...
GDC 2021: Are VR and AR companies liable for gamer content creation?
One thing I love about a good GDC presentation is when devs bring up those issues that many of us get a funny feeling...
Massively on the Go: Mother Nintendo should make Niantic Earthbound
So, Nintendo and Niantic will work together for more AR games based on Nintendo IPs. No great surprise from me, as I'd mentioned years...
Massively on the Go: Why Nintendo and Pikmin make sense in Niantic’s hands
With the recent news that Nintendo and Niantic will work together for more AR games based on Nintendo IPs, I thought it might be...
Nintendo taps Niantic for more mobile MMOARGs, starting with Pikmin
Niantic's best-performing AR game is based on a game IP, so it won't surprise you that Nintendo's tapped Niantic specifically to make more mobile...
Pokemon Go players are bummed about the lackluster Kanto Tour ‘bonus event’
We mentioned in our Pokemon Go Kanto Tour post-event wrap-up that there were some bugs, glitches, people who got the event without paying, and a...
Minecraft Earth is sunsetting in June due to the inability for people to play in-person together
With global lockdown restrictions seemingly on the road to getting worse and not better due to the pandemic and the events of the past...
Pokemon Go adds even more winter events, hints that Kanto is just the start of the tour
Gather around, trainers: Have you heard of Mr. Rime? The new version Pokemon's Mr. Mime got a Galar regional variant that also evolves, and...
Pokemon Go home options expand to cover a refreshed Community Day
Niantic has already been shaking up Pokemon Go so it can function better at home, but changes to coming to the usual monthly Community Day...
Team Go Rocket is invading PokeStops in Pokemon Go
Yes, that headline does make sense in the context of the mobile AR game Pokemon Go, I promise. The villainous Team Rocket has arrived...
Massively on the Go: First Impressions of Harry Potter Wizards Unite
I know I've given Niantic hell when it comes on iterating on its Ingress formula, especially in terms of Pokemon Go, but Harry Potter: Wizards Unite...
