Archive for the ‘Location Based Gaming’ Category

Gamers turn cities into a battleground

June 10th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Location Based Gaming | No Comments »

Matt has been abandoned on Tower Bridge, London, with nothing except his clothes and a mobile phone. A woman dressed in black walks past, and Matt receives a text message to follow her. He doesn’t know who she is, or where she is going. All he knows is that he must follow her if he is to find Uncle Roy.

Matt is playing Uncle Roy All Around You, where for one day he is the main character in an elaborate experimental fantasy game played out across the streets of London. He also happens to be a pioneer of a new social phenomenon, urban gaming. If you thought the computer games of the 21st century are only ever played by couch potatoes addicted to the new generation of Xbox, Nintendo or PlayStation consoles, you’d be mistaken. For urban gamers are harnessing the power of global positioning systems (GPS), high-resolution screens and cameras and the latest mobile phones to play games across our towns and cities, where they become spies, vampire slayers, celebrities and even Pac-Man. More …

Treasure Hunt Announces Comic Book Video Games Headed for Mobile Platforms

March 12th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Location Based Gaming | No Comments »

Treasure Hunt will be developing at least 3 games for mobile phones. Each game will take advantage of the most advanced wireless technologies and strive to mirror the comics as closely as possible. Treasure Hunt is also exploring the possibility of developing a location based (GPS) version that would allow players to fight virtual crime in the real world using their mobile phone. More …

Location-based mobile phone games

January 3rd, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Location Based Gaming | 1 Comment »

Cool list of location based mobile gaming found here.

Blister Entertainment Launches North America’s First GPS Cell Phone Game

September 29th, 2004 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Games, Location Based Gaming | No Comments »

Blister Entertainment Inc. has turned the world into a virtual ocean and cell phones into fishing rods with the launch of “Swordfish,” North America’s first GPS-based cell phone game.

Recently released on Bell Mobility’s network across Canada, Swordfish uses satellite technology and KnowledgeWhere’s proprietary Location Application Platform to scan for and locate virtual schools of swordfish. Players become part of the game and must move to where the fish are located. Then using their cell phone like a fishing rod, they try to hook and land the big one, and compete with other players to make the national high score leader board.

“Blister and KnowledgeWhere are at the forefront of location-based entertainment and creating a new category within the worldwide mobile entertainment industry,” said Paul Poutanen, President of Blister Entertainment.

Together Blister and KnowledgeWhere are working toward developing many location-based entertainment products for wireless carriers around the world. Blister’s licensed products are designed with one thing in common – location, and supported by an array of technologies that drive location-based entertainment. More …