Within the first week of its release, the enhanced-reality game Pok'mon Go garnered 21 million users in the United States alone. The location-based game received praise for getting people out of the house and harsh criticism as a nuisance and for its role in accidents.
California View: Can <i>Pok'mon Go</i> Players Hold Game Developer Liable?
Within the first week of its release, the enhanced-reality game <i>Pok'mon Go</i> garnered 21 million users in the United States alone. The location-based game received praise for getting people out of the house and harsh criticism as a nuisance and for its role in accidents. Among the litany of legal issues the game raises is whether players can hold the game developers at Niantic liable if they walk off cliffs, crash their cars, illegally cross the border or happen upon a land mine.
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