‘Pokemon Go’ Beta: Game Dev Warns Players Over Fake Applications; Gameplay To Be Detailed At GDC?

The Pokemon Company recently released a statement about the "Pokemon Go" beta applications as emerging news claim that sign-up pages are ramping up.

Players were warned that these beta applications are neither from Niantic nor Nintendo. The Pokemon company believes that these are all scam, and they advised players not to enter any personal data on these sign-up pages, Destructoid reported.

Accordingly, any news or update associated with "Pokemon Go" will be posted on its official website.

The release of "Pokemon Go" beta is yet to be revealed, but it is expected to arrive this Winter as previously teased by Niantic, Destructoid added.

According to previous reports, more details about the "Pokemon Go" gameplay and its release date will be announced at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

Reportedly, Niantic's head John Hanke will take the stage at the said event to present "Pokemon Go."

However, the upcoming event will not be the game's official release. But the attendees of the said event will get a first-hand experience of the game.

"Attendees will get a first-hand, in-depth look at how players are interacting and exploring the world with one another through 'Pokemon Go,' the collaborative approach to design and development for the game and the next evolution of augmented reality and real-world mobile gameplay experiences," the official GDC website announced, as shared by Express UK.

There's also a possibility that the "Pokemon Go" beta release date will be announced at the GDC 2016.

The Pokemon Company, Nintedo and Niantic are also working together to deliver the first "Pokemon" mobile game for Android and IOS.

Niantic's studio head John Hanke previously said that the game will be set in the real world through Augmented Reality technology that uses the device's GPS location.

"If we're going to build a game that works with location, it has to be fun for people anywhere to play, in small towns as well as San Francisco," Chief Executive John Hanke said per Venture Beat.

"Our goal is to make it so you can walk out of the house and within five minutes, you can find a Pokémon. Besides wild Pokémon, there'll be Gyms to battle at, just like in the main games on Nintendo 3DS."