The near future

Judging from this article the game is going to change within the near future. I'll leave the definition of 'near' for you.

The most interesting part is that something is happening to how gym works, and given that Niantic earlier said that a gym revamp is the second great change to the game, the first being generation 2 pokemon added, it would seem that we'll see some major changes before summer is upon us.

Add some unclear info on raids, whatever that will be, and a minor anti-cheat-fix.

Yes, minor. While spoofers can no longer zip across the globe to collect a pokemon, if they hang around a large city that's really not a major setback. They'll still cross rivers and climb mountains at the speed of a moving car without being detected.


A change to gym battles, however, might be golden for the game. It might also firmly push the gyms into the control of spoofers. If the detail about feeding pokemon means you have to physically get to the gym where your pokemon is assigned and feed it, then spoofers basically won the game since for them remote gyms aren't, well, remote.