Pokemon Go Maker Is Launching an AR Virtual Pet Game

Pokemon Go developer Niantic has announced a new creature-collecting augment reality game called Peridot.

Billed as a “real-world adventure pet game where you care for one-of-a-kind adorable creatures,” Peridot will let you collect the eponymous magical critters and raise them to maturity by exploring the world together. The ultimate goal of the game is to “re-diversify their species to protect them from extinction.”