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Pokemon Go for iOS and Android Launched in the United Kingdom

Pokemon Go is setting a precedent as the most successful reality game app on the market. As the game spreads rapidly around the world, Nintendo’s worth has gone up by more than $7.5 billion in less than a week. But if you are an iOS user then the procedure might be a little concerning. What’s more, Niantic says that players who use mods or fake their locations could have their accounts terminated.

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The craze around the game is a huge step up from its humble beginnings as an April Fools joke launched by Google in 2014.

This means that the only places that have the game right now are the US, New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom. But that isn’t stopping fans from trying to play the game and developers from, well, yeah.

Instead, the developers have made clever use of Global Positioning System and other location based services to leave pokemons standing in the road, garden, gym or other public spots.

Pokemon Go is so popular nowadays that its users are even ignoring social network sites such as Facebook and Twitter in order to play the game.

One of the most important features of the game is that it has merged the virtual and real worlds, as it relies on your location. This information was reportedly from “people familiar with plans for the game”. If you’re sick of hearing about the cute characters, install the PokeGone extension for Chrome, and remove all traces of Pokemon from your browser. For iOS also, latest version updated 1.0.2 by fixing the bugs in the prior version of Pokemon go.

Furthermore, “Pokemon GO” enables the gamer to hatch the egg by walking a certain distance with incubators scattered for assistance. This should help you find the ones you want.

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There is also an abundance of Pokemon gyms scattered throughout the world, which can be conquered and defended by players – encouraging participants to constantly strengthen their Pokemon and catch new ones.

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