Pokemon Go Release Date, Price and Specs – CNET

If you’ve been living under a rock these past few days, there’s something you need to know. A few days ago, Nintendo released a mobile app called Pokemon Go on Apple iOS and Google Android. The game integrates augmented reality and makes users travel around their local (and sometimes, not so local) area to catch small, pocketable monsters. Since its release, Pokemon Go has been a huge hit. Like, number-one-in-the-app-store-Internet-and-cultural-phenomenon huge.

But it’s not all Ho-Ohs and Butterfrees. The game is catching flack for accessing users’ full Google accounts, and if you download the game outside the Google Play Store, there’s a chance you’ll get malware instead.

To keep track about what’s going on with Pokemon Go, here’s an exhaustive (and ever growing list) of all the news coverage, how-tos, and explainers CNET has about the game.

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On what lead up to this hit:

• Pokemon Go US beta begins, battle mechanics detailed
• Pokemon Go and ‘Plus’ wearable coming next month
• Pokemon Go launches on iOS and Android
• VIDEO: Pokemon Go now on Android and iOS: CNET Update

On the TL;DR basics:

• Pokemon Go: Gyms, candy, pokeballs and everything else you need to know
• Pokemon Go: Where it’s available now – and coming soon
• VIDEO: A Crash Course On Pokémon GO: Gaming

On how to do practically everything on Pokemon Go:

• 3 pro tips for throwing Pokeballs in Pokemon Go
• How gym battles work in Pokemon Go
• Here’s exactly what you get at every Pokemon Go level
• How to get Pikachu as your starter in Pokemon Go
• VIDEO: How to throw a Pokeball in Pokemon Go
• VIDEO: Pokemon Go: What are gyms?

On its growing cultural impact:

• All the Pokemon Go news from around the world
• It took just one day for Pokemon Go to outstrip Tinder
• Pokemon Go is taking over Spotify too
• Don’t play Pokemon Go while driving a car, state says
• Woman playing Pokemon Go finds dead body
• Pokemon Go players targeted in series of armed robberies, police say
• A wild Pokemon Go appears in Asia
• Pokemon Go: Have you caught the fever? (The 3:59 Podcast, Ep. 75)
• Let the Pokemon Go pub crawls begin
• Is Pokemon Go better than a gym membership?
• VIDEO: Strange Sightings in Pokémon GO: Gaming
• VIDEO: What you look like playing Pokemon Go

On malware, personal data and other bad stuff:

• For Pokemon Go, it’s stop — at least temporarily
• Pokemon Go: Gotta catch all your personal data
• How to avoid Pokemon Go malware
• Pokemon Go can see everything in your Google account. Here’s how to stop it

On its effect on Nintendo:

• Pokemon Go pumps up Nintendo’s value by billions
• Nintendo’s stock surges after Pokemon Go rocks iOS and Android devices
• Pokemon Go is a certified hit. What’s Nintendo’s next play?
• VIDEO: Pokemon Go aftermath: Nintendo makes billions, malware spreads: CNET Update