Pik pocket

hortly after soft-launching in other territories, Niantic’s newest location-based AR mobile game arrived in the UK on November 2. On the same day, the company announced that it would be shutting down another location-based AR mobile game, , by the end of January. That ruthless swing of the axe would appear to be an ominous sign for what, with the best will in the world, is a significantly lesser-known series – even with the backing of Nintendo. Then again, while the threat of underperformance-related closure might loom over the Pikmin will be a little more modest.