If you've been living under a rock these past few days, there's something you need to know. Last week, Nintendo released a mobile app called Pokemon Go on iOS and Android. The game integrates augmented reality and makes users travel around their local (and sometimes, not-so-local) area to catch small, pocketable monsters. Since its release, Pokemon Go has been a huge hit. Like, number-one-in-the-app-store-internet-and-cultural-phenomenon huge.
To keep track about what's going on with Pokemon Go, here's an exhaustive (and ever-growing list) of all the news coverage, how-tos and explainers CNET has about the game.
On what led up to this hit:
- Pokemon Go US beta begins, battle mechanics detailed
- Pokemon Go and 'Plus' wearable coming next month
- Pokemon Go launches on iOS and Android
- Pokemon Go: A brief history of the games that led to the craze
- Video: Pokemon Go now on Android and iOS: CNET Update
On the TL;DR news and basics:
- Pokemon Go: Gyms, candy, pokeballs and everything else you need to know
- Pokemon Go: Where it's available now -- and coming soon
- Pokemon Go just changed battles for the better
- Pokemon Go community is furious after tracking app crackdown
- Pokemon Go officially arrives in the UK on iOS and Android
- Pokemon Go is go in Europe, officially launching in Germany
- Pokemon Go is strangely working in one Asian country: Indonesia
- Here's exactly what you get at every Pokemon Go level
- Video: A (rough) evolution of Pokemon games
- Video: A crash course on Pokémon Go: Gaming
On how to do practically everything on Pokemon Go (including tips and tricks):
- Pokemon Go: Advanced tips from people who play too damn much
- 17 tips on Pokemon Go
- 3 pro tips for throwing Pokeballs in Pokemon Go
- Pokemon Go: How to request new Pokestops and Gyms in Pokemon Go
- Pokemon Go: How to upgrade your Pokemon
- How to save your battery while playing Pokemon Go
- Pokemon Go could put lives in danger. This feature might save them.
- How gym battles work in Pokemon Go
- How to get Pikachu as your starter in Pokemon Go
- Pokemon Go out of control? Here's how to kick the habit
- How to turn on AR mode after you've turned it off in Pokemon Go
- Pictures: 17 tips for Pokemon Go
- Video: Pokemon Go: How to power up and evolve your Pokemon
- Video: How to throw a Pokeball in Pokemon Go
- Video: Pokemon Go: What are gyms?
On its growing cultural impact:
- Don't forget to go looking for nature's real-life Pokemon
- The coolest Pokemon collectibles
- Clinton, Trump use Pokemon Go to catch voters
- Rest in Pikachu: There's now a Tumblr of people hunting Pokemon at funerals
- Pokemon Go catches 15 million users
- Gotta soak 'em all! Pokemon Go hunter falls into pond while playing
- Pokemon Go needs to stop taking over my phone
- Pokemon Go: Have you caught the fever? (The 3:59 Podcast, Ep. 75)
- Is Pokemon Go better than a gym membership?
- Pictures: These are the coolest Pokemon collectibles you can buy right now
- Pictures: Humans of Pokemon Go
- Video: GameSpot's The Lobby -- The best Pokemon Go stories
- Video: Strange Sightings in Pokémon Go: Gaming
- Video: What you look like playing Pokemon Go
On the trouble (and other hijinks) Pokemon players are getting into:
- Enthralled Pokemon Go players fall off a cliff
- Resigned to Pokemon Go: Man quits job to hunt Pokemon full-time
- Pokemon Go player says he was stabbed, carried on playing
- Gotta soak 'em all! Pokemon Go hunter falls into pond while playing
- Pokemon Go players targeted in series of armed robberies, police say
- Holocaust Museum asks visitors to cool it with the Pokemon Go
- Petition circulates to get Pokemon Go out of Holocaust Museum
- Don't play Pokemon Go while driving a car, state says
- News anchor playing Pokemon Go strolls through live weather forecast
- Woman playing Pokemon Go finds dead body
On malware, personal data and other bad stuff:
- How Pokemon Go affects your phone's battery life and data
- Sen. Al Franken questions Pokemon Go creator over data-collection policies
- Pokemon Go could crash and burn this way
- For Pokemon Go, it's stop -- at least temporarily
- Pokemon Go: Gotta catch all your personal data
- How to avoid Pokemon Go malware
- Pokemon Go can see everything in your Google account. Here's how to stop it
- Video: Pokemon Go's big security flaw to be fixed
- Video: Pokemon Go has a rough launch, but are we crazy about it? (CNET's Open_Tab)
On its effect on Nintendo:
- Pokemon Next: What Nintendo should do after Pokemon Go
- Nintendo's stock surges after Pokemon Go rocks iOS and Android devices
- Pokemon Go is a certified hit. What's Nintendo's next play?
- Video: Pokemon Go aftermath: Nintendo makes billions, malware spreads: CNET Update