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Fans Think Latest Pokémon Go Artwork Was Made With AI
Pokémon Go publisher Niantic has aroused fans’ suspicions after a promotional image showed some telltale signs of potentially being AI artwork, rather than something made by an actual human artist. The image in question appears in promotional material for Adventures Abound, the next season of the mobile collectathon game, set to run from September 1…
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10 Companies That Think Following Facebook Into the Metaverse Is a Good Idea
By this point, you are probably already sick of the metaverse, and it hasn’t even arrived. Though the term has existed in science fiction for decades, it quickly became tech’s hottest buzzword and greatest source of marketing material since Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook (now Meta) would become a metaverse company within the next five years.
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Don’t Cross the Pokémon Go Picket Line
Yes, people still play Pokémon Go. In fact, I’m currently in competition with a neighbour over claiming the gym down the street. But today, I’m holding off on logging on in solidarity with #PokémonNoDay.
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The Creators of Pokémon Go Are Now Working on a Settlers of Catan AR Game
In a blog post on its website yesterday, Niantic, the company behind the still-popular Pokémon Go augmented reality smartphone game, revealed it was working on at least 10 new AR games including one that turns your neighbourhood and city into one of the most popular board games since Monopoly: Settlers of Catan.