Hundreds of millions of players have walked billions of miles to capture countless Pokémon. But replicating that success in new games has been challenging.
Ten years ago this week, a group of former Google engineers launched a mobile game with an unusual premise: Instead of keeping players glued to their phone screens, Pokémon Go turned the entire world into a playground by overlaying gameplay on real-world maps and locations, and rewarding people who walk the extra mile.
