According to a post on the Pokémon GO blog, a new set of daily bonuses and quests will be added in the mobile game soon. If you’re still trying to catch ’em all, the bonuses will reward daily participation, and will grant larger rewards if you keep at it for seven days straight. Hit the jump to see what diligent trainers can earn.
Pokémon Go fever is still gripping the world, and more and more countries are getting hooked on the game. Japan issued public safety warnings and the game already has a healthy following here, despite not having been officially released. A little while ago I compared Pokémon Go to a bunch of other popular Google searches to demonstrate exactly how popular it is. Let’s revisit that.
Sometime last year we reported on the development of Pokémon GO, a free-to-play mobile game where you gotta’ catch ’em all. The game allowed players to wander about outside and catch Pokémon in augmented reality via their smartphones. I’ve been excited about it ever since, and now the game is out in Australia and New Zealand.
“The bit in Star Wars with the fancy hologram chess thingy that’s got monsters in it and the one bashes the other one dead and stuff and also always let Chewie win” is easily one of the most accidentally iconic scenes in movie history. You can’t tell me you saw it and didn’t immediately wish such a thing as HoloChess existed in the real world, because I’d tell you to shut your lying, deceitful mouth, and then I’d calmly explain to you why we’ll never be friends.
HoloGrid: Monster Battle is an upcoming collectible card game / augmented reality hybrid that aims to capture the spirit of Star Wars‘ HoloChess using technology that’s readily available in most homes – and better yet, Phil Tippett, visual effects legend and creator of the original HoloChess concept, is involved in its creation.
Night Terrors has been doing the rounds for a while and has piqued many peoples’ interest because of its unique premise, in which players use their mobile device to turn their home into the setting of a horror movie. It’s driven by augmented reality: ghosts will appear on your screen, as well as horrid messages, inexplicable pictures and assorted oddities. It’s rather disturbing and should create some genuinely hair-raising campfire stories, and it’s headed our way in the very near future.