Gbanga Famiglia Looks for a Hit in the European Location-Based Market

The next generation of location-based services is moving beyond check-ins and badges to parallel worlds with game mechanics. One iPhone title we’ve been watching is Gbanga Famiglia, a mafia-themed game by a Swiss developer called Gbanga.

Famiglia is just the latest iteration in the parent company’s journey to figure out what works, both with location games and the European audience. Gbanga started out two years ago, when some Zurich residents received a newspaper article referring to a conspiracy theory, with a link to a webpage.

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