There’s good news and bad for iPhone gaming fans today. On the plus side, there are more real-world Pokémon Go and Harry Potter events on the way. On the downside, you won’t be able to play the official EA version of Tetris for much longer, even if you paid for it…
VentureBeat reports on this year’s upcoming Niantic events.
Niantic claims that its 2019 real-world Pokémon events generated almost a quarter of a billion dollars in tourism revenue.
- Taiwan Lantern Festival in Taichung — February 6-9
- Pokémon Go Safari Zone St. Louis — March 27-29
- Pokémon Go Safari Zone Liverpool — April 17-19
- Pokémon Go Safari Zone Philadelphia — May 8-10
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite players can look forward to joining the second Fan Festival later this year. Additional details on the event will be announced soon here.
- We held 77 live events in 32 different countries
- Players from 60 countries across six continents attended an event
- We celebrated with 2.7 million attendees
- $249 million in tourism revenue across Chicago, Dortmund, and Montréal
Niantic did OK from Pokémon Go too, generating close to a billion dollars in revenue from the game.
Gizmodo reports less happy news for Tetris fans, however.
Before you pick up a pitchfork, however, it appears developer EA may have no choice: It’s losing its license for the game.
The N3TWORK version of Tetris is now available from the App Store. It’s free, but requires a $4.99 in-app purchase if you want to remove ads.
