Niantic is shutting down its AR Catan game after a year of early access
Image: Niantic Pokemon Go developer Niantic is shutting down its augmented reality game Catan: World Explorers, the company announced on Friday (via Protocol). An AR adaptation of the popular board game Catan announced in 2019, World Explorers was the company's latest attempt to recreate the magic of Pokemon Go, but soon it's all coming to an end.
After a year of early access, the game will not be playable after November 18th and Niantic says later today it will be taking the game down from the App Store and removing real-money purchases from the Shop." For the players that stick around, the company says it will increase in-game bonuses for the remaining weeks the game is live.
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