Became popular in a matter of days augmented reality game Pokemon Go will soon be released in Russia. This is reported by “Vedomosti”, citing sources familiar with the managers of the Russian office of Nintendo.
This week, the Niantic is the Creator of the game to find and tame pokémon in the real world – has announced the launch of the project in Germany and the UK. Still the game was available in App Store and Google Play only for users from three countries – USA, Australia and New Zealand. Some Russian users specifically make an American account to download the game.
According to sources, they have heard about the launch games in Russia “very soon”, the release could take place before the end of the week. On the Russian site Pokemongo specific release date no, but also contains information about the release “soon”. A representative of Nintendo said that the game will be released in Russia soon.
Nintendo released Pokemon Go on mobile devices 6 Jul. The game is bound to geolocation: gamers are encouraged to seek and “catch” pokemon by using the smartphone camera in the real world, and then participate in battles with other pokemon players. The app itself is free, but has in-app purchases.
Earlier the St. Petersburg ataman Cossack society “the Leopard” Andrey Polyakov announced its intention to ban Pokemon Go in Russia. The society decided to send an appeal to the Federal service and Federal Antimonopoly service. Also, the Cossacks are going to complain to Apple, whose app store you can download app Pokemon Go.
According to the company SensorTo-wer, number of downloads Pokemon Go to Google Play and App Store has exceeded 15 million, the game has more than 20 million active users per day and this exceeds the performance of all games, popular in previous years, Candy Crush, Draw Something, Clash Royale. Pokemon Go brings developers $1.6 million a day.