The company responsible for one of the most popular mobile games of the last decade will turn its efforts to creating a game based on the popular Transformers brand.
What Happened: Niantic Labs, the company best-known for creating “Pokemon Go,” is creating “Transformers: Heavy Metal.”
The new location-based augmented reality game will launch later this year globally with a soft launch in select countries coming “soon,” The Verge reports.
Players of the game will join the Guardian Network, “a group of humans who have banded together with the Autobots in a war against the Decepticons.” Guardians will look for hidden regions around the world and find resources to battle Decepticons.
Turn-based battles will include solo mode and with friends.
Related Link: More Nintendo Characters Are Coming To Pokemon Go Styled Mobile Games
Why It’s Important: Hasbro Inc (NASDAQ:HAS) is the owner of the Transformers brand and has plans to launch more movies in the franchise.
"Pokemon Go" is coming off of a year that saw the game pass $1 billion in revenue in the first 10 months.
Niantic is launching more mobile games for Nintendo including an announced 2021 release of the Pikmin series. A Harry Potter-themed “Wizards Unite” game was also released from Niantic.
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