Shadow Cities

Shadow Cities
Shadow Cities
Developer(s)	Grey Area
Publisher(s)	Grey Area
Platform(s)	iPhone
Release	WW: 2010;
Genre(s)	Location-based mobile game
Mode(s)	Single-player video game, multiplayer video game

Short description: 2010 video game

Shadow Cities was an early location-based mobile game, created by the Finland company Grey Area. The game took place in a "parallel world", using the player's physical GPS location on an in-game map, battling other nearby players.^[1] The game was exclusively available for iPhone devices.

Development started in 2008, only a year after the first iPhone was released, with $2.5 million of venture capital funding.^[2]^[3] The game was initially launched on 10 November 2010 in Finland,^[2] expanding to North America and 13 European countries in 2011.^[4] However, Grey Area shut down the game on 7 October 2013.^[5]

References

↑ Etherington, Darrell (2011-09-27). "Shadow Cities finds that mobile gaming is surprisingly stationary" (in en-US). https://gigaom.com/2011/09/27/grey-area-mobilize-2011/.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Players Rule Their Real Neighborhoods with Shadow Cities, a Location-Based MMORPG for the iPhone (VIDEO)" (in en-US). Singularity Hub. 2011-07-08. https://singularityhub.com/2011/07/08/players-rule-their-real-neighborhoods-with-shadow-cities-a-location-based-mmorpg-for-the-iphone-video/.
↑ "Exclusive: Grey Area Raises $2.5 Million To Turn Your City Into A Game" (in en-US). TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2011/02/23/exclusive-grey-area-raises-2-5-million-to-turn-your-city-into-a-game/.
↑ Ohr, Thomas (24 June 2011). "Grey Area launches Shadow Cities in Europe | EU-Startups" (in en-US). http://www.eu-startups.com/2011/06/grey-area-launches-shadow-cities-in-europe/.
↑ "Shadow Cities closing down October 7" (in en-US). Engadget. https://www.engadget.com/2013/09/20/shadow-cities-closing-down-october-7/.

0.00

(0 votes)

Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow Cities. Read more

[1] Etherington, Darrell (2011-09-27). "Shadow Cities finds that mobile gaming is surprisingly stationary" (in en-US). https://gigaom.com/2011/09/27/grey-area-mobilize-2011/.

[:0-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Players Rule Their Real Neighborhoods with Shadow Cities, a Location-Based MMORPG for the iPhone (VIDEO)" (in en-US). Singularity Hub. 2011-07-08. https://singularityhub.com/2011/07/08/players-rule-their-real-neighborhoods-with-shadow-cities-a-location-based-mmorpg-for-the-iphone-video/.

[3] "Exclusive: Grey Area Raises $2.5 Million To Turn Your City Into A Game" (in en-US). TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2011/02/23/exclusive-grey-area-raises-2-5-million-to-turn-your-city-into-a-game/.

[4] Ohr, Thomas (24 June 2011). "Grey Area launches Shadow Cities in Europe | EU-Startups" (in en-US). http://www.eu-startups.com/2011/06/grey-area-launches-shadow-cities-in-europe/.

[5] "Shadow Cities closing down October 7" (in en-US). Engadget. https://www.engadget.com/2013/09/20/shadow-cities-closing-down-october-7/.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

Shadow Cities

Topic: Software

See also

References