Just like you shouldn’t Pokemon Go and drive, you shouldn’t play the game while at work either. The users reportedly didn’t even care whether they were in a cemetery or a memorial of the victims of Nazism, as news reached us yesterday that the U.S Holocaust Museum had asked users to stop playing Pokemon Go inside the premises. Please do not look at your phone while crossing the street, either.”The “augmented reality” game based on the 1990s Japanese franchise surged to the top of Apple Inc’s app charts over the weekend”.
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The McDonald’s logo found inside the game’s code.
Of course, players could already access the game by other means, like logging into the App Store using an account created in the United States or sideloading the app. Making the game officially available across iOS and Android devices certainly simplifies the process, though. Niantic now has eight corporate sponsors for Ingress globally, including SoftBank Group Corp, and the number is likely to be similar for Pokemon GO, he said.
Pokemon Go has already been such a runaway success that developers Niantic Labs are likely to sit down in six months and wonder how the hell they’re going to match its success.
The game has become so popular that it is now the top-downloaded app in Apple’s App Store and is the biggest mobile game in U.S. history. This sparked rumors that “Pokemon Go” may be released worldwide earlier than expected.
The app is the newest version of a video game originally released for the Game Boy in 1996 that revolved around catching “Pocket Monsters”, or Pokemon, and training them to fight other Pokemon.
Now, a week after first launching in the US, Australia and New Zealand, it’s become available in the United Kingdom on Google’s Play Store – where the number of downloads are displayed – and the Apple app store.
Boeing took firm action against the app, adding it to a blacklist that bans carrier bloatware apps, and now Pokemon Go.
The game that is evoking love for Pokemon all over again is said to have earned millions of dollars in its launch week itself.
People spend more time on it than on Facebook and Snapchat.
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As THR explained, AR games raise legal concerns over trespassing, players stumbling across crime scenes, personal injuries and risks to minors. Last summer, the company announced plans for the launch of Pokemon Go Plus, a Bluetooth-power device that a user can wear on their wrist or pinned to their clothing.
