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After a sudden rollback to the pandemic-induced extended ranges for Gyms and Pok\u00e9Stops in Pok\u00e9mon Go, Niantic faced heavy pushback from fans. You can catch up on the specifics of the changes and initial backlash in Andrew Reiner\u2019s reporting here<\/a>. On Thursday morning, Pok\u00e9mon-focused site Pok\u00e9Jungle joined the chorus with an open letter<\/a> to the Pok\u00e9mon Go developer demanding the COVID-era changes stay. Last night, Niantic made an official response to Pok\u00e9Jungle\u2019s letter and those angry over the change, assuring fans it\u2019s looking to find a way to move forward.<\/p>\n

In its message<\/a> to the Pok\u00e9mon Go community, Niantic acknowledges the grief of the player base, saying, \u201cWe appreciate your letter and all of your feedback. We hear you. We are humbled by your response. Not every game has such a passionate, global player base that we\u2019re fortunate enough to have.\u201d The letter addresses the developer’s steps to bring exploration back to the game in places where social distancing guidelines have been lessened. While the current wave of the COVID-19 Delta variant isn\u2019t mentioned, Niantic does say, \u201cwe will continue to monitor health and safety guidance related to outdoor activities, and will make future changes if necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Niantic says it will be putting together an \u201cinternal cross-function team\u201d to look into players’ concerns regarding interaction distance. Data from the group will be made public somehow with the next Pok\u00e9mon Go season on September 1. Here\u2019s the full paragraph addressing this new task force:<\/p>\n

However, we have heard your input loud and clear and so to address the concerns you have raised, we are taking the following actions: We are assembling an internal cross-functional team to develop proposals designed to preserve our mission of inspiring people to explore the world together, while also addressing specific concerns that have been raised regarding interaction distance. We will share the findings of this task force by the next in game season change (September 1). As part of this process, we will also be reaching out to community leaders in the coming days to join us in this dialogue.<\/p>\n

Niantic has not decided to re-extend the interaction distances at this time, though we\u2019ll see if that\u00a0choice may change in less than a month. With mask regulations coming back in many areas due to contagious viral variants, Niantic may be forced to make another cautionary move\u00a0anyway.<\/p>\n\n

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