Pokémon Go developer Niantic has infuriated fans by reverting a positive change to the game’s spawn radius that let you see Pokémon spawns from twice as far away.
The change went live earlier this week and was praised by players. But, last night, Niantic announced via Twitter that the buff would be removed.
Adding to the confusion is the fact that the game’s community leaders – who are regularly fed information by Niantic – were allegedly told the game was working “as intended” with the spawn change applied.
Writing on Twitter, the owner of Pokémon fansite StadiumGaming.gg stated they had been told the change was “not a bug”. Later, they said they’d now been told this was a mistake.
Reaction to this communications snafu has once again upset a community of players still unsettled from Niantic’s unpopular remote raid changes, and still waiting for proof of the company’s recent pledge to tackle the game’s regular array of bugs and event issues.