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The Walking Dead IP is getting a new augmented reality game, like Pokemon Go but maybe better
Next Games, the company behind The Walking Dead: No Man's Land, recently announced an AR game based on the Walking Dead IP.
What's interesting is that unlike Pokemon Go,...
The MOP Up: Black Desert shows pet love (August 20, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Pokemon Go’s Yokohama event was a huge improvement over the lawsuit-provoking trainwreck in Chicago
Just a month ago now, Pokemon Go's Chicago festival was completely wrecked by connection issues that rendered the game an unplayable trainwreck for thousands...
Massively Overthinking: Alone together vs. forced grouping in MMORPGs
I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that everyone has at some point seen the xkcd called Isolation, but if not, there...
Almost nobody is happy with Pokemon Go’s irritating ‘exclusive raid battles’ plan
Pokemon Go players are buzzing today over the release of legendary Pokemon Mewtwo at the Yokohama, Japan, event, which according to Niantic allowed "thousands"...
Pokemon Go is being sued over the disastrous Chicago live event
If you live in the midwest and are out only a ticket and a tank of gas for your trip to the botched Pokemon...
Pokemon Go raised $5.8M Sunday in spite of live event catastrophe
Pokemon Go's weekend Fest event may have been a massive and predictable failure of communication and preparation, but it wasn't a failure for Niantic's piggy...
Pokemon Go event organizers blame cell traffic overload for snafu
The fallout and analysis of the debacle that was last weekend's Pokemon Go Fest continues, as Niantic has been pressed for answers on why such...
Pokemon Go organizers apologize for live event debacle, saying they’re ‘horrified with the results’
Over the weekend, we reported on the distastrous Pokemon Go Fest in Chicago, where thousands of paying ticket holders spent most of the day...
The Soapbox: The disastrous Pokemon Go Fest was just Niantic being Niantic, and that has to stop
I know I complain a lot about Pokemon Go in my articles here, but there's a reason for this. I'm a huge fan not just of the...
Pokemon Go Fest in Chicago is pretty much a trainwreck
If you've ever been to a massive gathering of tech-savvy people -- like say, a gaming convention -- you know better than to rely...
Pokemon Go: Milwaukee County lawsuit injunction and preparing for legendaries
Back in February, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, tried to prevent Pokemon Go player-inflicted park damage by requiring ARG developers, including Niantic, to acquire permits before implementing games within the park....
Pokemon Go: Global summer events and which country spends the most
If you're looking for something to do this summer and you live in a big city, Pokemon Go -- or at least gawking at...
Pokémon Go celebrates its anniversary with a hat-wearing Pikachu
It is genuinely hard to believe that it has been a year already since Pokémon Go took the world by storm (and dominated the...
Pokemon Go’s first anniversary report card
July 6th, 2017, marks Pokemon Go's first year anniversary. Love it or hate it, it's a game that quickly made a global impact. It's been released...
Pokemon Go: The Milwaukee lawsuit, rare Pikachu, and the gym reporting problem
It's been almost a year now since non-expat Americans were able to play Niantic's Pokemon Go. While we're naturally seeing birthday rumors, the game's unique...
Massively Overthinking: Do MMORPGs aspire to pro-social mechanics?
Massively OP reader and Patron Avaera has a thoughtful question for the team and readers this week. "I wish more virtual world games thought deeply...
The Chicago Pokemon Go Fest was sold out in less than a minute
Following the huge reveal of Pokemon Go's summer content plans -- detailed in yesterday's massive overview and interview by MOP's Andrew Ross -- Niantic...
E3 2017: Pokemon Go’s raiding, gym revamp, badges, and an interview with Niantic
Surprise! Niantic brought Pokemon Go to E3 2017 and invited members of the gaming press outside the sacred halls of the Los Angeles Convention Center...
The MOP Up: Pox Nora’s PS4 launch (May 28, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
