The Walking Dead Launches AR-Based Game
After Pokemon GO shocked the world with mobile games that combined AR (Augmented Reality) technology with locations around players, not many AR technology-based games appeared. But The Waking Dead seems to be the first popular franchise game to follow in Pokemon GO’s footsteps! AMC and developer Next Game have announced the official launch of the AR-based game called The Walking Dead: Our World and will be available for Android and iOS devices later.
Next Game from Finland is the developer who developed this game. Previously, Next Game had released a strategy game called The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land, which so far has more than 16 million downloads. Seeing Next Game’s excellent track record, the public also has high hopes for this new game.
Quoted from The Verge page, this game will allow players to enter the world of The Walking Dead series by combining digital objects, such as characters and other elements with objects around the player. This AR-based Walking Dead game will bring zombies into the real world. Just like Pokemon GO, which relies on location-based AR technology to catch Pokemon, in The Waking Dead: Our World, players will be able to find zombies in their surroundings.
Trailer for The Walking Dead: Our World
To increase the curiosity of gamers and fans of this popular TV series, the trailer for The Walking Dead: Our World has also been released. The first trailer for Our World does not show how the gameplay of this game is, but only shows how players fight zombies in public places.
There are various weapons that can be used to deal with zombie attacks, such as the Katana which is Michonne’s signature weapon. There are also pistols, grenades and swords. The fun thing is, in this game you can also find some popular characters from The Walking Dead, such as Rick, Daryl, and Michonne, who will help you fight against zombies.
The Technology Behind The Walking Dead: Our World
Although Next Game did not openly explain further about this game, but quoted from the TechRadar page, the game The Walking Dead: Our World seems to use Apple ARKit technology which will be available in the iOS 11 update as well as Google ARCore technology. These two technologies are frameworks that allow developers to create AR-based applications without any additional hardware from the user. Both ARKit and ARCore are able to provide the AR sensation directly to millions of Android and iPhone smartphone users when this game is available later.
The Waking Dead: Our World Release Date
Until now there have been no leaks regarding the gameplay of Our World. However, from the trailer it can be seen that The Walking Dead: Our World is an AR game version that is more ‘adult’ than Pokemon GO because it displays a lot of graphics such as blood, weapons and zombies which of course have scary faces.
With the release schedule of iOS 11 predicted to happen when the iPhone 8 is officially sold and the ARCore technology that has just been developed, it looks like game fans don’t have to wait too long to be able to get this game and start killing zombies anywhere anytime this game is played.
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