September 2, 2026 – Google has invited Monsarrat, a video game maker, to become an early developer on Android XR for the XREAL Project Aura AR glasses. This makes Monsarrat one of the few companies in the world to develop on this new platform before it’s released.

Monsarrat already has a phone version of its game, Landing Party, which is the world’s first outdoor roleplaying game. Press at Augmented World Expo, the world’s largest augmented reality tradeshow, raved about the game, calling it “best of the show” and “surprisingly immersive”. One unpaid major influencer even said, “There’s nothing that I’ve seen in the last two days of being here [at the conference], except this, that would make me want to get a pair of AR glasses. There’s nothing on the market like it.”

Google is now considering partnership help for Monsarrat and allowing Landing Party on the Google Play store for Project Aura. Landing Party could be a killer app to sell AR glasses because:

• Their ads are static. Advertisements to sell any kind of AR glasses look static, uninteresting, with users just sitting. Monsarrat would show happy players walking around laughing.
• They compete with TV monitors. Why should customers buy XREAL AR glasses just to sit on a couch doing what they can already do on a TV / monitor? But with our game, players walk outside, where there’s no monitor. That’s makes Monsarrat a giant reason to actually buy XREAL AR glasses.

In Landing Party, Monsarrat’s 8 patents lay an AR fantasy world across a real-world space outdoors, which users walk through to play. My game was praised by Jenna Seiden (former Pokemon Go exec) and Charlie Fink (Forbes) as the successor to Pokémon Go in outdoor video games. The phone version of Landing Party is free on Apple App Store and Google Play. See links and videos at monsarrat.com.

About Monsarrat

Monsarrat is an AR game company based in Los Angeles, whose first demo game, Landing Party, is an “Outdoor RPG”, a new type of AR mobile walking game that supports deeper, MMO-style storytelling and player interaction.

Monsarrat is now seeking business partnerships, and funding to build out their future full game.

Press kit: https://monsarrat.com/presskit

Videos: https://youtube.com/@monsarratgames

Contact: Johnny Monsarrat, CEO, jmonsarrat@monsarrat.com.

June 14, 2026 – Monsarrat, a Los Angeles startup, today launched Landing Party, the world’s first Outdoor Roleplaying Game, as part of attending Augmented World Expo, the world’s largest augmented reality trade show.

This is the second time that its founder, Johnny Monsarrat, invented a new type of game. He previously co-invented MMOs, as the Founder, CEO, and CTO of Turbine, one of the “big three” first MMO game companies. Turbine’s MMOs included Dungeons & Dragons Online, D.I.C.E. “RPG Game of the Year” Asheron’s Call, and PC Gamer “MMO Game of the Year” Lord of the Rings Online. Warner Bros. later bought Turbine for $160 million.

Now Monsarrat is taking his expertise outside. Outdoor walking games were defined in 2016 by Niantic’s Pokémon Go, which has earned a staggering $9 billion. But Pokémon Go’s GPS point technology didn’t support gaming’s most popular genres: roleplaying, action, strategy, and simulation.

Monsarrat’s new beta game, Landing Party, could show the way. It’s an Outdoor RPG inspired by its founder’s background in MMOs and backed up by 8 patents. Instead of placing one creature at a GPS point, Landing Party lays out an entire fantasy world across an open map space, which the player walks through to play. The game has no fixed locations, allowing players to set their next game mission in their back yard, a local park, or any other open space, even a small one.

CEO Johnny Monsarrat said, “In the global crisis of loneliness, people are craving a reason to go outdoors. But some people aren’t drawn to sports. They want an alternative outdoor activity that’s more creative and less athletic. That’s what we’re building, and we see three key market drivers: creativity, community, and convenience.”

Landing Party is free on Apple App Store and Google Play. and Monsarrat will give phone and Meta Quest AR headset demos at Augmented World Expo, including multiplayer. See links and videos at monsarrat.com.

About Monsarrat

Monsarrat is an AR game company based in Los Angeles, whose first demo game, Landing Party, is an “Outdoor RPG”, a new type of AR mobile walking game that supports deeper, MMO-style storytelling and player interaction.

Monsarrat is now seeking business partnerships, and funding to build out their future full game.

Press kit: https://monsarrat.com/presskit

Videos: https://youtube.com/@monsarratgames

Contact: Johnny Monsarrat, CEO, jmonsarrat@monsarrat.com.

March 30, 2026 – Monsarrat, a Los Angeles startup, had the best game at GDC, according to many fans and press. Their forthcoming game, Landing Party, now in beta test, is the world’s first outdoor roleplaying game. Their seven patents lays an AR 3D fantasy world across a real world space outdoors. Then you walk through to play like the Holodeck on Star Trek.

The game was previously praised by Jenna Seiden, former VP Business Development at Niantic (Pokemon Go), saying “Their vision is bold, and their execution is grounded in both technical depth and player insight. It’s with confidence that I can say Johnny and his team are leading the next evolution of outdoor gaming,” and by Charlie Fink of Forbes, who wrote, “I haven’t seen anything like this since Pokemon Go.”

Now this year:

• Influencer Jasmine Lehman, AtomBombBody, said, “This is seriously the best mobile game that I have tried at GDC.” (See video.)
• Erik Hartley, from XREAL Insider, said, “Walking the show floor here at GDC, there’s been several different immersive titles. By far, Landing Party is the one here on the show floor that I’ve had the most fun with.” (See video.)
• Dave Bradley, the GM of Pocket Gamer, the world’s #1 mobile games website, wrote an article, “Hands-on with Landing Party, the AR game that turns your park into an alien planet“, his first article in a year since he is busy as GM of the publication, and his only — so far — from GDC 2026. One could speculate that it’s the most inspiring game that he saw at the show, or even in the last year. (See video.)
• And nearly 20 fans called Landing Party the best at GDC. (See video.)

CEO Johnny Monsarrat said, “In the global crisis of loneliness, people are craving a reason to go outdoors. But some people aren’t drawn to sports. They want an alternative outdoor activity that’s more creative and less athletic. That’s what we’re building, and we see three key market drivers: creativity, community, and convenience.”

Landing Party is free in beta test on Apple App Store and Google Play. and will give phone and Meta Quest AR headset demos at GDC, including multiplayer. See links and videos at monsarrat.com.

About Monsarrat

Monsarrat is an AR game company based in Los Angeles, whose first demo game, Landing Party, is an “Outdoor RPG”, a new type of AR mobile walking game that supports deeper, MMO-style storytelling and player interaction.

Monsarrat is now seeking business partnerships, and funding to build out their future full game.

Press kit: https://monsarrat.com/presskit

Videos: https://youtube.com/@monsarratgames

Contact: Johnny Monsarrat, CEO, jmonsarrat@monsarrat.com.

March 1, 2026 – Monsarrat, a Los Angeles startup, today launched the beta test of Landing Party, the world’s first Outdoor Roleplaying Game.

This is the second time that its founder, Johnny Monsarrat, invented a new type of game. He previously co-invented MMOs, as the Founder, CEO, and CTO of Turbine, one of the “big three” first MMO game companies. Turbine’s MMOs included Dungeons & Dragons Online, D.I.C.E. “RPG Game of the Year” Asheron’s Call, and PC Gamer “MMO Game of the Year” Lord of the Rings Online. Warner Bros. later bought Turbine for $160 million.

Now Monsarrat is taking his expertise outside. Outdoor walking games were defined in 2016 by Niantic’s Pokémon Go, which has earned a staggering $8 billion. But Pokémon Go’s GPS point technology didn’t support gaming’s most popular genres: roleplaying, action, strategy, and simulation.

Monsarrat’s new beta game, Landing Party, could show the way. It’s an Outdoor RPG inspired by its founder’s background in MMOs and backed up by 7 patents. Instead of placing one creature at a GPS point, Landing Party lays out an entire fantasy world across an open map space, which the player walks through to play. The game has no fixed locations, allowing players to set their next game mission in their back yard, a local park, or any other open space, even a small one.

CEO Johnny Monsarrat said, “In the global crisis of loneliness, people are craving a reason to go outdoors. But some people aren’t drawn to sports. They want an alternative outdoor activity that’s more creative and less athletic. That’s what we’re building, and we see three key market drivers: creativity, community, and convenience.”

Landing Party is free in beta test on Apple App Store and Google Play. and will give phone and Meta Quest AR headset demos at GDC, including multiplayer. See links and videos at monsarrat.com.

About Monsarrat

Monsarrat is an AR game company based in Los Angeles, whose first demo game, Landing Party, is an “Outdoor RPG”, a new type of AR mobile walking game that supports deeper, MMO-style storytelling and player interaction.

Monsarrat is now seeking business partnerships, and funding to build out their future full game.

Press kit: https://monsarrat.com/presskit

Videos: https://youtube.com/@monsarratgames

Contact: Johnny Monsarrat, CEO, jmonsarrat@monsarrat.com.

Monsarrat, Inc., which Jenna Seiden (former Pokemon Go VP) says is making the industry successor to Pokemon Go, has won its 7th patent in outdoor video games. Unlike Pokemon Go, which place game content into the real world at zero-dimensional map points, Monsarrat’s games use game zones, continuous areas outside that a player walks through to play, like the Holodeck on Star Trek. This 7th patent relates to stopping players that misbehave, trying to run, walk backwards, walk sideways or otherwise go beyond normal walking behavior.

First the game detects this forbidden motion, and then it punishes it by moving the game world. As if on a treadmill, the player can run as fast as they want to, but they’re not going to get anywhere. They can’t make progress through the game world that way. The feature has already been coded into Monsarrat’s upcoming mini-game, Landing Party, which is already on app stores as a demo. Now Monsarrat is moving to file this patent internationally.

Although Pokemon Go brought one type of gameplay outdoors, “collecting stuff”, isn’t a popular game genre. And their technology for pinpoints doesn’t support, for example, racing car games which need a racetrack, or roleplaying games, which need a whole world to explore. Monsarrat’s technology, using game zones that have no fixed position and can be placed anywhere, opens up outdoor gaming for the first to time to the powerhouse video game genres: action, roleplaying, strategy, and simulation. For that reason, Monsarrat’s upcoming game, and its technology, are creating a new platform in video games, outdoor play, that supports dozens of different game genres.

See videos and more at monsarrat.com.

Following demo meetings at Augmented World Expo, industry celebrities have named Monsarrat the successor to Pokémon Go.

Jenna Seiden was VP Business Development at Niantic, in charge of all partnerships including Pokémon Go. Now she is an advisor to Monsarrat, saying:

With foundational patents and proprietary technology, Johnny’s team is bringing outdoor gaming into major genres – action, role-playing, racing, strategy – that have long thrived on PC and console but never successfully translated outdoors.
Their vision is bold, and their execution is grounded in both technical depth and player insight. It’s with confidence that I can say Johnny and his team are leading the next evolution of outdoor gaming.

Charlie Fink, columnist for Forbes and perhaps the world’s most important XR journalist, met us for a demo at Augmented World Expo, and wrote, “I haven’t seen anything like this since Pokémon Go.”

Mitch Keamy, Partner at investment bank Baird Augustine, wrote an industry report, Deep Dive: Monsarrat at a Turning Point for Outdoor Video Games, saying:

With 6 patents, support from journalists, and an all-star team including a founder who previously co-invented a major video game category, Monsarrat may create another new category of video game, with unicorn potential.

And Mike Boland of leading news channel AR Insider also wrote a feature article on Monsarrat, saying:

Pokémon Go’s legacy as a use case will be carried on by someone other than Niantic… or Pokémon Go’s new owner, Scopely. It could germinate from a small but pedigreed game company called Monsarrat… Landing Party and Monsarrat have the ingredients to succeed Pokémon Go.

See videos and more at monsarrat.com.