The Disney & Marvel Games Showcase at D23 Expo announced on Friday that Niantic (Pokémon GO, Ingress) and Marvel Entertainment are developing the augmented reality (AR) game Marvel World of Heroes for release on mobile devices worldwide next year.
Niantic and the The Pokémon Company International launched the Pokémon GO app in select countries including the United States in July 2016.
Niantic also developed Pikmin Bloom, an AR app based on Nintendo’s Pikmin franchise,which debuted last year.
Niantic was most recently developing the Transformers: Heavy Metal AR mobile game, but canceled the game this past July.