It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for (well maybe just kids and grown-ups with a hankering for some nostalgia) – Pokemon Go has been officially launched in the UK.
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The St. Louis Craigslist advertisement offers players a driver for two people for an hourly rate of $50, “so that you and your friends can catch them Pokemon”.
Olson says he wouldn’t be surprised if Activision Blizzard adds such functionality to its Skylanders game, a role-playing game featuring toys.
Pokemon Go remains hugely popular around the world despite the early problems with the server crashing because of the sheer number of players.
Macquarie Capital Securities analyst David Gibson noted in a Bloomberg report that “out of every 100 units earned at the App Store, 30 would go to Apple, 30 to Niantic, 30 to Pokemon, and 10 to Nintendo”.
The mobile reality-augmented game has surprisingly won the hearts of the people shortly after it debuted several days ago.
“This is the first time that there’s mass adoption of an AR application”, Joost van Dreunen, who runs SuperData Research, told Bloomberg.
Grab an Android or iOS device, preferably a smartphone, and download the app. The app can be found for iPhone in the iOS app store, while the Android app can be found in the Google Play app store. You can do this by catching Pokemons, evolving them, hatching them, and much more. Pokémon Go is now available in the United Kingdom on the iOS App Store and Google Play Store.
Of course that hasn’t stopped the game from enjoying its fair share of controversy. TheBitBag recently argued as to why “Augmented Reality” is better than the “Virtual Reality” when it comes to gaming. So Android users can keep on playing as always. After you capture a Pokemon you can level up by earning experience points.
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