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Pokémon Go: Everything you need to know to catch ‘em all

It must be 1996 again, because the Pok&eacute;mon craze is back. It’s been less than a week since Pok&eacute;mon Go’s release, and there are more memes, weird news, and accidental discoveries (like the game leading people to strip clubs and churches, for instance) than you can throw a Pok&eacute;ball at. The game is still in its stages of infancy, and Niantic and Nintendo have plans to add more features to the app to keep players hooked. So keep up with all the latest updates and take a look back on all the stories that developed along the way, starting from two years ago. Remember when we all thought Pok&eacute;mon Go was nothing but a big April Fools’ joke from Google Maps?

Pokémon Go’s live events drove nearly $250 million in tourism revenue last year

Pokémon Go is getting a live AR multiplayer feature called Buddy Adventure

Two years later, Pokémon Go finally has some competition

Pokémon Go trading and friends lists are coming soon

Mewtwo is coming to Pokémon Go soon in new invite-only raids

I just caught Mewtwo at Japan’s Pokémon Go Stadium

Pokémon Go will host real-life events to celebrate its anniversary

The Pokémon Go Plus wearable will launch next week

This woman is leaving adorable crocheted pokémon at pokéstops

Niantic is now permanently banning Pokémon Go cheaters

Pokémon Go’s battery-saving feature is back, and a new pokémon-tracking mode is coming

Battery pack sales doubled after Pokémon Go’s release

Pokémon Go’s creator says Brazil and Latin America launch was delayed by third-party apps

Pokémon Go owners are threatening to sue developers over third-party hacks

Japanese Olympic champion racks up $5,000 bill playing Pokémon Go in Brazil

Pokémon Go creators blame third-party apps like Pokévision for poor service quality

New York governor bars sex offenders from playing Pokémon Go

This map for Pokémon Go already bypasses Niantic’s new restrictions

Niantic has crippled your favorite Pokémon Go map apps

This Pokémon Go GPS hack is the most impressive yet

This Android app is the best way to find pokémon on the go

Pokémon Go player uses a bot to reach the game’s maximum level

Nintendo shares plummet after investors realize it doesn’t actually make Pokémon Go

Pokémon Go will eventually add new pokémon and customizable pokéstops

Pokémon Go is FINALLY out in the country that discovered pokémon

We will all be working for this enterprising Pokéstop Shop CEO someday

This map can show the exact location of every pokémon around you

Herman Cain breaks five-year silence on Pokémon

Pokémon Go fans: have you checked on your Neko Atsume cats lately?

Pokémon Go will reportedly launch in Japan tomorrow, finally

This pokédex battery case will help you become the pokémon master you were born to be

SpaceX made a Pokémon Go joke at the end of its rocket launch broadcast

How to protect your real body while playing Pokémon Go

Pokémon Go uses little data, but it’s still a big drag on mobile networks

Chatting about Pokémon Go with some of the top mobile game designers

Hillary Clinton is holding a campaign event at a Pokémon Go gym

Glitch turns seaside South Korean city into ‘holy land’ of Pokémon Go

First Click: How is Pokémon Go still not out in Japan?

Pokémon Go is now available in the UK

This Pokémon Go drone product concept is unlikely to get off the ground

What is Pokémon Go’s story? Here’s a theory

Your next Pokémon Go gym battle may be at a sponsored location

Pokémon Go: everything you need to know in nine minutes

How to play Pokémon Go

Pokémon Go arrives in Europe with German launch

Pokémon Go’s latest update breaks the game for some iOS users

Pokémon Go’s reported $12.99 monthly fee is a total hoax

Pokémon Go may get turned into a movie by the studio behind The Dark Knight

Twitch Plays Pokémon Go is of course a thing

Memorials of the dead ask people not to play Pokémon Go on their grounds

Pokémon Go for iOS updated to resolve Google account concerns

When you’re a kid, Pokémon Go is a portal to a magical world

Pokémon Go developers promise to tweak Google account permissions after security concerns

Someone on Craigslist is selling a level 20 Pokémon Go account for $100

Can you play Pokémon Go in space? NASA says no, you cannot

This man’s Pokémon Go chat app is so successful that it’s driving him bankrupt

Pokémon Go is automatically granting permission to read your Gmail

Grown man cheats at Pokémon Go with help from drone

Google snuck Pokémon Go into a 2014 April Fools’ joke

Pokémon Go is an average game, but an astonishing fantasy

Pokémon Go shows that Nintendo’s franchises are way bigger than its hardware

Pokémon Go is reportedly launching in Europe and Asia ‘within a few days’

Pokémon Go’s success adds $7.5 billion to Nintendo’s market value

Armed robbers used Pokémon Go to target victims in Missouri

Pokémon Go will eventually allow players to trade Pokémon

Wyoming teen stumbles on dead body while playing Pokémon Go

Who is Pokémon Go’s Professor Willow and why is he such a daddy?

Pokémon Go is now available in the US for iOS and Android

Pokémon Go lets lazy people buy up to $99.99 of Pokécoins

Pokémon Go sends players to police station, police say don’t come in

Pokémon Go is now rolling out for iOS and Android

Playing Pokémon Go on your phone is fun and frustrating at the same time

Pokémon Go will be available in July for iOS and Android

This is Pokémon Go, the ambitious AR game bringing pocket monsters to life

Watch nine minutes of leaked Pokémon Go footage from Nintendo’s Australian beta

New details give us a better idea of how Pokemon Go will look and play

This could be the first look at Pokemon Go

With Pokémon Go, Nintendo is showing that it takes mobile seriously

Up close with Nintendo’s Pokémon Go Plus wearable

Photos of Nintendo’s Pokémon Go Plus watch

Pokémon Go for iOS and Android brings Pokémon into the real world

Pokémon Master is probably the easiest job to land at Google

Google Maps is overrun with Pokémon for April Fools’, and you can catch ‘em all

Midjourney goes from generating cat images to full-body ultrasound scans

Apple’s weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness

Amazon employees say they’re facing termination for backing data center limits

This Ghost in the Shell keyboard makes me want to activate the hundred spidery robot fingers inside my regular fingers

Tim Cook says RAM expenses are ‘unsustainable’ and Apple is going to raise prices

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