Nintendo surges to hit six-year high, Pokemon GO hits UK market

Where can you get it? But, the title is still not available in each and every country, which means that various users of Android have resorted to download APK and manually side-loading it.

Nintendo Co Ltd’s head has said that the company plans to launch the hugely popular mobile game, Pokemon Go in some 200 countries and regions “relatively soon”.

The game users – who use avatars called Trainers – are invited to step outside and find Pokemons by exploring their cities. As of 11 July, about 10.8% of all Android devices in the United States had installed the app, 15.1% in Australia and in 16% New Zealand. apkmirror.com, which provides access to the Pokémon Go app, had more than four million daily visitors on both 6 and 11 July.

Don’t play Pokemon Go!

Restaurants, churches, historical markers and more are utilized in the alternate reality game, but watch where you go.

Pokemon Go’s not out in China, and some local conspiracy theorists hope it stays that way as they’re concerned that the game’s location-based play might reveal secret military sites to Western spies. Considering this data is linked to landmarks – often created from user-supplied data – you can see how letting random Ingress players decide to pick “landmarks” and give them names might lead to some really odd results.

With that being said a short time after statement was issued, Pokemon Go was officially released in the UK.

In the meantime, security firm Proofpoint reported that they have fund a malicious “Pokemon Go” app that may infect the gamer’s device. With Gyms, when you get in range of the gym, you’ll be able to battle other players’ Pokemon and if you beat them, you’ll take over as the new Gym leader.

Tell us more about your experience with Pokemon Go so far through the comment section and tell us which is the strongest Pokemon you’ve caught so far.

Has your country gotten Pokemon Go yet?