Daily Links - December 23rd

How Pokémon Go will benefit from Niantic’s lessons from Ingress on location-based game design by Dean Takahashi

The Pokémon Company is joining forces with Niantic Labs to bring Pokémon to smartphones. Takahashi has an interview with Niantic CEO John Hanke. They discuss the spinout, partnership and direction of the game. Hanke provides a plethora of information about a product I'm excited about.

Star Trek Beyond Trailer Review by Toni Sanchez

Last week, Paramount Pictures released the Star Trek Beyond trailer. I avoided the release in hopes of seeing it on the big screen in front of The Force Awakens. Alas, no luck as AMC did not run the trailer in front my showing. My good friend, Toni Sanchez, posted a review of the trailer. I agree with what she says. It's not my favorite trailer but it is built for a different audience. That said I hope that Toni and Simon Pegg are right¹.

Best of 2015: Gamasutra's Top Games, Devs, Events and Trends at Gamasutra

Gamasutra's staff compiles a list of development studios, trends, events and games for 2015. This is a great article that captures most of what occurred this year into a single space.