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Monsarrat unveils outdoor RPG demo with AR gameplay


Johnny Monsarrat, an MMO pioneer, hopes to establish a new category of games again with an outdoor role-playing game called Landing Party.

But Niantic has struggled to evolve its entry level Pokémon Go, where you collect stuff, into mature products with better performing player retention and monetization. That’s why he wants to take roleplaying, a strong game type that has proven key performance indicators on PC, console, and mobile — and bring it outdoors. And Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, recently showed off a new pair of AR glasses, dubbed Orion, as a new product coming soon.

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