Pokémon Go developer commits to change following community outcry

Pokémon Go developer Niantic has published a frank blog post in the wake of last month's enormous community upset.

Earlier this week, Niantic dramatically U-turned on players' main sticking point - the removal of increased interaction radius in the game implemented at the start of the pandemic. Now, it has promised further changes in how it interacts with fans.

"We've been listening to player feedback and also set up four roundtable conversations where I spoke with over 30 community leaders from around the world (thank you all for your participation!)" the game's executive producer Steve Wang wrote. "The two main themes we heard were: The 80m interaction radius for PokéStops and Gyms has been an incredibly positive quality of life improvement over the past year and a half. Niantic has a lot of room to grow when it comes to communication with our players."

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