Pokemon Go competes with Rio Olympics for popularity

Forget beach volleyball, soccer or tennis, not to mention the steeplechase or discus. Pokemon Go is challenging the Olympics for most popular game among some young Brazilians. Hundreds of them turned out in a Rio de Janeiro park on Saturday holding their mobile phones to hunt for virtual creatures in the hyper-reality game app that […]

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Pokemon No: Can a place declare the game off-limits?

The global Pokemon Go craze has prompted a slew of complaints, from memorial sites arguing it’s disrespectful to play there to whole countries imposing a ban on the smartphone game. But is it really possible to declare a place a no-go zone for people hunting the cartoon monsters? Which places have declared war on Pokemon? […]

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Pokemon Go developer John Hanke gets hero’s welcome at Comic Con

The creator of the wildly popular Pokemon Go gaming app received the celebrity treatment on Sunday at the final day of San DIEGO’s annual Comic-Con, as he discussed the viral popularity and future of the game. John Hanke, founder of Niantic Labs and developer of Pokemon Go, was welcomed with loud applause from more than […]

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