Niantic’s Tamagotchi-like ‘Peridot’ arrives on May 9th<p>
Peridot, the next game from
Pokémon Go developer Niantic, will arrive on May 9th, the studio <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
https://playperidot.com/en/news/peridot-release-date">announced today[/url]. <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/niantic-peridot-ar-game-virtual-pet-tamagotchi-181400288.html">First revealed last spring[/url],
Peridot is the first original release from Niantic since it <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/2018-11-05-niantic-ingress-prime-interview.html">relaunched
Ingress in 2018[/url]. Gameplay involves players breeding and caring for virtual pets named Dots. According to Niantic, each Dot will feature a unique appearance thanks to a system that allows them to inherit a mix of “genes” from their parents.</p><div id="dd41b422df2c4cbd9d628281c95ad1ca"><iframe src="
https://www.youtube.com/embed/UUcs4XGyss4?rel=0" style="top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0;" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no"></iframe></div><p>Pre-registrations for
Peridot are now open on the <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/peridot/id6445801028">App Store[/url] and <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nianticlabs.peridot">Google Play Store[/url]. Players who pre-register and play the game within its first two weeks of availability will get a special party hat cosmetic for their Dots. It’s obvious Niantic has high hopes for
Peridot and hopes to recapture some of the success it saw following the release of
Pokémon Go in the summer of 2016. The last few years have seen the studio experience multiple setbacks. In 2021, for instance, it announced the shutdowns of both <a data-i13n="cpos:6;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/harry-potter-wizards-unite-shut-down-january-31-2022-181008602.html">
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite[/url] and <a data-i13n="cpos:7;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/niantic-shutting-down-catan-world-explorers-201434004.html">
Catan: World Explorers[/url]. More recently, Niantic <a data-i13n="cpos:8;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/niantic-layoffs-games-canceled-pokemon-go-185005794.html">laid off approximately 90 employees[/url] and canceled four more projects.</p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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Niantic’s Tamagotchi-like ‘Peridot’ arrives on May 9th
