

I was curious to see how Live A Live would look and feel on more powerful hardware after playing it on Switch and will be covering how the PS5 version is in this review. Live A Live launches tomorrow worldwide on PlayStation and PC, with it already being Steam Deck Verified. You can read my review of the Switch version covering the game and more here. I loved it on Switch, and featured it in our best Switch games and best soundtracks of 2022 lists. From there, the Dot can run through the phone’s view of the yard, chasing tennis balls, digging up treats and interacting with the objects around them as they gain capabilities and grow.Following its Nintendo Switch launch last year, Square Enix announced that the HD 2D remake of Live A Live will be coming to PS5, PS4, and Steam. Using the phone’s camera lens, the game then superimposes one’s pet on whatever real-world vista the user points their phone at, say, a patch of grass in their backyard.

On May 9, the San Francisco-based, closely held software maker launched Peridot, a free, pet-simulator game for mobile phones that aims to blend the digital and physical worlds into what the company has called the “real-world metaverse.” After downloading the Peridot app, players hatch a unique Dot and give their new digital pet a name.

But now, following the lackluster debut of yet another augmented-reality game, Niantic is looking like something else - more evidence of the metaverse’s vast and growing business woes. Just a few years ago, tech evangelists were hailing Niantic Inc., the maker of the hit game Pokémon Go, as proof of the metaverse’s vast and growing business potential.
