A beta gameplay video of the augmented reality game Pokemon GO shows great promise

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Looking forward to being a Pokemon trainer in real life? Then you should be thrilled as Pokemon Go could be coming soon to your Android or iOS device. A live gameplay teaser video has been released, showing a Pokemon trainer named "Darkathion" wandering off outside to a nearby scenic Giant Rock Stack and the local library, where he ends up finding eggs, items and even managing to apply himself as a gym member too. 

The game relies on you having to walk outside to look for Pokemon and catching them all. The gyms will be under control from either one of the available three teams in the game, where you can decide which team to join when you first encounter the gym building. Those who have control will be required to leave their strongest Pokemon behind to fight against any contender that may want to take over the gym.

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When capturing Pokemon, you can enable/disable the camera, to have your screen show you the augmented reality view or the virtual view of the game. To catch them, all you need to do is to throw your Pokeball inside the circle surrounding the Pokemon, to have them captured. No Pokemon battle is necessary, for now at least. As for now, no official release date of this game is available yet. Thanks to the video below we can have an early sneak peek of what the upcoming free-to-play augmented reality game can offer.

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