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#REDIRECT [[Location-based game]] {{R from merge}}
{{For|___location-based games that are not video games|Location-based game}}
A '''geolocation-based video game''', (or '''___location-based video game''') is a type of video game where the [[gameplay]] evolves and progresses via a player's ___location in the world, often attained using [[GPS]]. Most ___location-based video games are [[mobile games]] that make use of the mobile phone's built in GPS capability. One of the most recognizable ___location-based mobile games is [[Pokémon Go]].
Location-based (GPS) games are often conflated with [[augmented reality]] (AR) games. GPS and AR are two separate technologies which are sometimes both used in a game, like in [[Pokémon Go]] and [[Minecraft Earth]]. GPS and AR functionality largely do not depend on one another but are often used in concert. A video game may be an AR game, a ___location-based game, both, or neither.
==Legality==
The nature of ___location-based gaming may mean that certain real-world locations will be visited by higher-than-normal numbers of people who are playing the game, which generally has been received favorably by nearby attractions or local businesses. However, these games may generate activity at locations that are privately-owned or have access limits, or otherwise cause undesirable congestion. ''[[Pokémon Go]]'' notably has several publicized events of players being drawn to inappropriate locations for the game, requiring the developer to manually remove these areas from the game.<ref>{{cite web |last1 = Velloso |first1 = Eduardo |last2 = Carter |first2 = Marcus |title = Some places should be off limits for games such as Pokémon GO |url = https://theconversation.com/some-places-should-be-off-limits-for-games-such-as-pokemon-go-62341 |website = The Conversation |access-date = July 13, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title = Holocaust Museum, Auschwitz want Pokémon Go hunts out |url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/07/12/holocaust-museum-auschwitz-want-pokmon-go-hunts-stop-pokmon/86991810/ |access-date = July 13, 2016 |work = USA Today }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-07-12-holocaust-museum-pleads-stop-playing-pokemon-go-here |title = Holocaust museum pleads: stop playing Pokémon Go here |first = Tom |last = Phillips |work = [[Eurogamer]] |date = July 12, 2016 |access-date = July 13, 2016 }}</ref> In one of the first legal challenges for ___location-based gaming, a Federal District court ruled that a Wisconsin county ordinance to require game developers of such ___location-based games to get appropriate permits to allow locations in the county's public park systems was likely unconstitutional. While the county had felt there was no [[First Amendment]] rights involved due to how locations were generated in-game, the Federal judge disagreed.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/07/judge-blocks-law-regulating-where-augmented-reality-games-can-be-played/ | title = Augmented reality wins big in 1st Amendment legal flap | first = David | last= Kravets | date = July 20, 2017 | access-date = July 20, 2017 | work = [[Ars Technica]] }}</ref>
== Notable examples ==
* [[Pokémon Go]]
* [[Harry Potter: Wizards Unite]] (discontinued)
* [[Ingress (video game)|Ingress]]
* [[Geocaching]]
* [[BotFighters]]<ref name="spacetimeplay">{{Citation
| editor1-last= von Borries | editor1-first= Friedrich
| editor2-last= Walz | editor2-first= Steffen P.
| editor3-last= Böttger | editor3-first= Matthias
| title = Space Time Play
| place = Basel, Boston, Berlin
| publisher = Birkhäuser Verlag AG
| year = 2007
| chapter = BotFighters: A Game That Surrounds You
| pages = 226–227
| chapter-url = http://spacetimeplay.org
| isbn = 978-3-7643-8414-2}}</ref>
* [[Dragon Quest Walk]]
* [[Shadow Cities]] (discontinued)
* [[Maguss]] (discontinued)
* [[Minecraft Earth]] (discontinued)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-earth-coming-end|title=Minecraft Earth coming to an end|date=5 January 2021}}</ref>
* [[Cluetivity]]
== See Also ==
* [[Transreality gaming]]
==References==
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