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Hideo Kojima and Niantic Spatial Seemingly Collaborate on an AR Game

Kojima - Beyond The Strand

Posted on: 25 Sep 2025

Mention the name Hideo Kojima and you’re going to get a lot of interest from gamers. The legendary creator behind Death Stranding and the Metal Gear franchise recently held a 10th anniversary celebration for his studio, Kojima Productions. As part of the event – called Beyond The Strand – a surprising announcement was made, work is underway on an AR game in collaboration with Niantic Spatial.

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Rogue Piñatas VRmageddon Review: A Smashing Good Time!

Rogue Pinatas Review

Posted on: 27 Mar 2025

The pinata is a universally recognised item from many Mexican celebrations, and as such, everyone knows what to do to them: give them a big hit with a stick! Nerd Ninjas has taken this fun celebration and given it a VR overhaul in Rogue Piñatas VRmageddon. Recently released for Meta Quest headsets, as you’ll find out in 131XR’s review, Rogue Piñatas VRmageddon has more than just candy inside.

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The XR Glossary: What VR/AR/MR and the Rest Mean

Mark Zuckerberg - Quest 3

Posted on: 26 Feb 2025

Immersive technology has been around for decades but it’s only in the last 10 years or so that it truly exploded. From virtual reality gaming to spatial remote meetings and a whole lot more, a new frontier has opened up for everyday consumers. However, so has the complexity of the terminology and what various veins of the technology actually do. Which is why XR Source has created The XR Glossary to help with those troublesome abbreviations.

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CitraVR Emulates Nintendo 3DS on Meta Quest Tomorrow

Nintendo 3DS

Posted on: 19 Jan 2024

Emulation might be seen as a dirty word to the likes of Nintendo, but to others, it provides a vital way of keeping historic games alive. The world of game emulation is full of passionate gamers and legal woes, with the latest project falling into the former category. This weekend sees the launch of CitraVR, an emulator for Meta Quest that’ll let you play your Nintendo 3DS games.

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Monster Hunter Now Pre-Registrations Surpass 1 Million

Monster Hunter Now keyart

Posted on: 08 Aug 2023

Back in July, Niantic announced that its next augmented reality (AR) game, Monster Hunter Now would be released in September. Opening up soft launch pre-registrations at the same time, those registrations have already exceeded 1 million. That helps to unlock several rewards for gamers with plenty more still to come.

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Space Invaders: World Defense Blasts AR Gaming Onto Android & iOS Soon

Space Invaders World Defense keyart

Posted on: 05 Jul 2023

A couple of months ago Google held its annual developers conference, Google IO 2023. As part of the event, the company revealed further ARCore developments including a new tool called Geospatial Creator. This has allowed Google and videogame partner TAITO to build a new game based on the latter’s iconic franchise Space Invaders. They’ve just announced pre-registrations for Space Invaders: World Defense on Android are open, with a launch expected very soon.

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