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Instead of Banning Cheaters, Pokemon Go Trolls Them Hard

Published: May 31, 2017, 8:59 a.m.

Now that the generalized Pok\xe9mon Go craze has subsided, the more captivating effort to catch \u2018em all may be game developer Niantic\u2019s ongoing battle against cheaters. Its latest evolution: Not banning bad actors, but banishing them to pok\xe9-purgatory. As detailed by Pok\xe9mon Go enthusiast subreddit The Silph Road, a recent Pok\xe9mon Go update targets players who use bots to trawl the globe for valuable Pok\xe9mon.