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Pokmon Go is released in the UK - here's
how to download it NOW
Cara McGoogan
15 JULY 2016 7:15AM
Pokmon Go is now available to download in the UK, making the country the fifth place
worldwide where the wildly popular augmented reality game is officially available.
The international release of the mobile game that lets users catch Pokmon in real
life had been delayed following an unexpectedly high volume of downloads in the
US, Australia and New Zealand which caused it to crash.
Just over week after its release in Australia and New Zealand it has finally launched in
the UK. Germany was the first European country to get the game earlier this week.
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#PokemonGo is released officially! YES this just got a LOT more exciting!!!
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I'M DOWNLOADING POKEMON GO AND I'M GONNA BE DOING A LOT OF WALKING TODAY SO I'M GONNA CATCH LOADS OF
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Not a drill, Pokemon Go is now available in the UK. *Cancels all plans*
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Niantic, a Google startup that became independent in 2015 and createdPokmon
Go with Nintendo, is attempting to bolster its server's capacity. At peak times, some
users have received an error message saying "Our servers are experiencing issues. Please
come back later", when they tried opening the game.
Why people are getting into trouble playing Pokmon GO? 01:09
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As of Wednesday, a total of about 1,300 Pokmon Go users had reported problems
accessing the game in Australia over the last two days, according to Aussie
Outages, which tracks digital service disruptions.
An update to the iOS version of the app, designed to help fix numerous issues including
the server outages, apparently locked users registered with a Pokemon Trainer Club
account out of the game.
In spite of numerous controversies, the game is making an estimated $1.6 million (1.2
million) a day from iPhone users in the US alone, and Nintendo's shares have rocketed
by almost 50 per cent in the last week. It now has more users than Tinder and searches
on Google for Pokmon Go have outstripped those for "porn".
How to get Pokmon Go
On an iOS device you can download the app for free from Apple's App store. On
Android it is available from the Google Play store.
Pokemon Go: The craze taking over the world 02:05
Play!
If you have downloaded an APK version of the app on Android or used a US account to
get it on iOS you should reinstall it from the UK stores so that you get
automatic updates when logged in to your main iCloud account. To do this you need to:
1. Delete the Pokmon Go app you currently have
2. Make sure you're logged in to the right app store account and your region is set to
the UK. Do this by going to Settings -> General -> Language and Region
3. Redownload the game and log in using the Google or Pokmon Trainer Club
account that you registered with before. This will ensure that all your data is
stored.
It's possible to download Pokmon Go on
an Android device in countries outside the US, Australia and New
Zealand CREDIT: ALAMY
Pokmon Go is already wildly popular and the thousands of downloads of the game have
sent Nintendo's shares soaring. However, there have been some unintended
consequences of the success of the game that encourages users to walk around their area
collecting Pokmon.
Four savvy armed robbers in the US lured unsuspecting players to a remote car park to
rob them, while in another incident a US playerstumbled across a dead body. Australian
police also felt the need to warn users to make sure they look up from their phones when
playing to cross roads.
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