Pokémon Go to hit the UK "within a few days"

Release in Europe, Asia and Japan is a go 

 

It's only been available to download for a few days, but Pokémon Go has already become one of Nintendo's most talked about titles, with reports of people mooning around US cities snapping up Squirtles and converging on virtual Gyms flooding social media.

Sadly, the game proved to be so popular with aspiring monster hunters that servers became overloaded, putting plans to release the game in Europe, Japan and Asia on hold. Nintendo have yet to offer a solid release date for the aforementioned regions, but the Wall Street Journal are reporting that Pokémon Go "will likely be available" outside of the US within the next couple of days.

For those of you who have yet to become acquainted with the Pokémon Go phenomenon, it is an augmented reality game that allows users to catch virtual critters in real world locations.

The game has been a huge success for Nintendo, bringing in an estimated $1.6 million a day in revenue, as well as causing shares in the Japanese gaming company to soar by almost a quarter.

Given that it blurs the lines between virtual reality and, well, actual reality, Pokémon Go has also been mentioned alongside some bizarre real world incidents, including the discovery of a dead body and a scheme in which armed robbers used the game's lure feature to seclude unwitting players and divest them of their valuables.