Pokémon Go fans enraged as first festival ends in connectivity disaster

Developer booed on stage as gamers left unable to connect to play popular augmented reality game after mobile networks and servers overloaded

The first ever, official Poki(C)mon Go Fest collapsed into chaos on Saturday, after attendees who had queued for hours for the chance to catch Legendary Poki(C)mon Lugia found the game almost unplayable due to overloaded mobile phone networks.

Developer Niantic has apologised to fans, offering a full refund on the $20 ticket, $100 worth of in-game Poki(C)coins, and giving a Lugia to all registered attendees, but the event still casts a shadow over what was supposed to be a very public celebration of the game's first anniversary.