Users of the recently - launched Pokémon Go augmented reality game have been getting rather more than they bargained for . On 8 July , a teenager in Wyoming who was searching for a Pokemon on a riverbank found a man 's body . Police say the death appeared to be accidental . Then on 10 July , robbers were reported to have used the geolocation feature of the game to lure users to a remote area and rob them at gunpoint . Pokemon Go became the most downloaded free game in the US iTunes Store , following its release on 5 July . One user became so engrossed in searching for virtual animals that he ended up in hospital after falling in a river and fracturing a bone .
Users of the recently-launched Pokemon Go augmented reality game have been getting rather more than they bargained for. On 8 July, a teenager in Wyoming who was searching for a Pokemon on a riverbank discovered a man's body. Police say the death appeared to be accidental. Then on 10 July, robbers were reported to have used the geolocation feature of the game to lure victims to a remote area and rob them at gunpoint. Pokemon Go became the most downloaded free app in the US iTunes Store, following its release on 5 July. One user became so engrossed in searching for virtual animals that he ended up in hospital after falling in a ditch and fracturing a bone.