{"id":410085,"date":"2025-11-02T13:17:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T13:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2176362"},"modified":"2025-11-02T13:17:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T13:17:53","slug":"pokemon-go-players-see-gyms-deleted-after-map-bug-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pokemon-go-players-see-gyms-deleted-after-map-bug-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Go players see gyms deleted, after map &#8220;bug&#8221; fix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pokemon-go-players-see-gyms-deleted-after-map-bug-fix.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Go has deleted numerous gym and Pok\u00e9Stop locations added more than a week ago as a result of a &#8220;bug&#8221; &#8211; despite players having spent time and money on progress in the interim.<\/p>\n<p>The new locations popped up early last week, and come from the wider database of approved locations used by developer Niantic&#8217;s earlier game Ingress. (Pok\u00e9mon Go has specific rules to limit the number of locations which filter through to it, to space out places on its map.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-11-12-pokemon-go-players-see-gyms-deleted-after-map-bug-fix\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-11-12-pokemon-go-players-see-gyms-deleted-after-map-bug-fix\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pok\u00e9mon Go has deleted numerous gym and Pok\u00e9Stop locations added more than a week ago as a result of a &#8220;bug&#8221; &#8211; despite players having spent time and money on progress in the interim. The new locations popped up early last week, and come from the wider database of approved locations used by developer Niantic&#8217;s earlier game Ingress. (Pok\u00e9mon Go has specific rules to limit the number of locations which filter through to it, to space out places on its map.) 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