''Shadow Cities'' was an early location-based

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, created by the Finnish company Grey Area. The game took place in a "parallel world", using the player's physical

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on an in-game map, battling other nearby players. The game was exclusively available for iPhone devices. Development started in 2008, only a year after the first iPhone was released, with $2.5 million of

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funding. The game was initially launched on 10 November 2010 in Finland, expanding to North America and 13

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an countries in 2011. However, Grey Area shut down the game on 7 October 2013.

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