A young woman smiles as she realizes there is a new Pokemon nearby with the new "Pokemon Go" mobile app. (Photo : YouTube/Pokemon Go)
"Pokemon Go's" United Kingdom release date will be delayed due to its popularity. Fans of the video game are now finding other methods to download the game to play it.
After the mobile video game was released in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, it had issues with its servers due to the huge number of users playing the game. It is now being held back from releasing to other countries, including the UK, due to its huge demand. Niantic Labs has decided to delay the mobile game release until they are comfortable ensuring that it will work properly for everyone, the game developers said in a statement obtained by Business Insider.
CEO John Hanke said in the statement that they expected a lot of fans would be interested in this game, which is the first mobile game for the franchise. What they had not anticipated was the large number of interested people who wanted to download the mobile app to play the game.
The game developers are already aware of the server issues, which was the result of a huge number of users who wanted to download the mobile game. They tweeted that some of the Trainers may experience some sign-up difficulties.
Due to the incredible number of #PokemonGO downloads, some Trainers may experience sign-up difficulties. Don't worry, our team is on it!
— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) July 7, 2016
Other fans who are having problems downloading the mobile gaming app in the App Store have found other ways to download it, according to the Independent. Users would just log out of their Apple ID account, go to the Language and Region option in the Settings app, and just change it to the US. They would need to make a new US App Store account to download it.
Some fans have already downloaded the game after using the method, and it is working fine for them, but some were not lucky enough. The game developers have not endorsed this kind of method for a workaround, but it appears they are not doing anything to those who have downloaded the game this way.
Check out the mobile game's UK launch trailer below:
