Pokémon Go players see gyms deleted, after map "bug" fix
Pokémon Go has deleted numerous gym and PokéStop locations added more than a week ago as a result of a “bug” – 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’s earlier game Ingress. (Pokémon Go has specific rules to limit the number of locations which filter through to it, to space out places on its map.)
Dutifully, Pokémon Go players began interacting with these new locations, spending time and buying raid passes to play at gyms and boost progress their on each location’s achievement badge.
Roll forward to this week, and Niantic eventually acknowledged the arrival of these new locations as a “bug” via in a post on its Twitter support account. The new locations would now be deleted, Niantic said, which meant player progress would be frozen as a result.