{"id":36793,"date":"2019-10-12T15:30:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T07:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=36793"},"modified":"2019-10-12T15:30:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T07:30:14","slug":"golden-tee-golf-to-be-released-as-apple-android-app-on-october-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2019\/10\/12\/golden-tee-golf-to-be-released-as-apple-android-app-on-october-28\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Golden Tee Golf&#8217; to be released as Apple, Android app on October 28"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Golden Tee Golf, a successful arcade golf game, will be released as a mobile app for Apple and Android devices this\u00a0October 28.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Golden Tee\u2014the game where players hit a palm-sized trackball instead of swinging a golf club\u2014already has a contingent of devoted fans. Over the last 30 years, it&#8217;s been played by more than 20 million people, a number expected to skyrocket when the app is launched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Developed by Incredible Technologies (IT), Golden Tee Golf utilizes similar gameplay physics as the original arcade game. Like the original, players will have the ability to customize their avatar&#8217;s name, look, clothing and equipment while navigating golf&nbsp;destinations&nbsp;around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Our goal is to introduce&nbsp;Golden Tee&nbsp;to a new audience\u2014younger players who didn&#8217;t necessarily grow up with the arcade game,&#8221; said&nbsp;John Noble, Golden Tee Golf Project Manager. &#8220;For long-time fans, the game should look and feel familiar. But we&#8217;re also excited about some of the different things this game will introduce that will be new for everyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The app will launch with six nine-hole courses. Players can compete against other golfers for in-game currency in real-time contests, refine their skills in Challenges or Campaign Mode and score rewards in a feature called the Daily 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golden Tee\u2014the game where players hit a palm-sized trackball instead of swinging a golf club\u2014already has a contingent of devoted fans. Over the last 30 years, it&#8217;s been played by more than 20 million people, a number expected to skyrocket when the app is launched.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":36794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,10,9,23,19],"tags":[3361,302,6925,303],"class_list":["post-36793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","category-ios","category-apps","category-gaming","category-headlines","tag-android","tag-apps-2","tag-golden-tee-golf","tag-ios-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}