With the Google Maps API giving entertainment brands the means to build their own location-based AR games, Niantic is raising the bar for the genre with new updates to Pokémon GO.
In a blog post published on Monday, Pokémon GO announced the addition of research tasks to the app that, when completed, offer rewards in the form of various items, as well as Pokémon encounters, possibly culminating in the discovery of the elusive Mew.
Akin to quests in gaming parlance, the game will present players with two types of research tasks. Field Research tasks will spawn from spinning PokéStops and… more
Source: Niantic Defends Against App Clones with Quests & Mew Character for Pokémon GO
