Since the release of pokemon go In 2016, Niantic catapulted itself as one of the most prominent mobile video game companies on the market. Not only do they have a new NBA game in development, but they’ve also recently announced a new social application with which they plan to integrate their biggest games.
Niantic has announced Campfire, an app that has been designed with groups in mind. With it, the company wants users of titles like pokemon go either Income meet in the same place to discuss common issues. Something like a Discord, but for Niantic mobile games.
This app was announced at the beginning of the year, but it has not been until today that the company has confirmed that will start to be available to some people. As described by the company, Campfire will arrive globally in the coming days, but only “a select group of players from pokemon go” you can enjoy it during the summer.
What is Niantic’s Campfire app?
As in the other Niantic applications, the map will be the central axis of Campfire. In her you will have a map that will include the information close to you, including those related to the titles you have synchronized. In this way you can organize meetings with friends, or find other people who are also playing the same game as you.
Another feature comes with pokemon go. For example, you will be able to see the location of certain Pokémon as if you were inside the game. Thus, Campfire becomes a kind of hub for Niantic titles.
Thanks to the map, you can also share the location of raids near you with any of your friends. In this way, it is easier to arrive together, in case you do not live very close. The rest of the players —and even yourself— they will be able to share places of interest with others on the mapto attract more people curious to know what is happening at that specific point.
Yes, this application may not appeal to you too much. After all, the number of instant messaging apps out there is growing with every passing minute. However, given the number of people attracted by titles like pokemon go, is an interesting step. Although, perhaps it would have been better if Niantic integrated some of these functions directly inside the game.
Niantic has other titles in the works. In addition to the aforementioned NBA game, he has also thrown Pikmin Bloomas well as its simulator is under development peridota game quite similar to pokemon go.