{"id":100248,"date":"2016-08-01T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T07:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=100248"},"modified":"2016-08-01T09:00:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T07:00:56","slug":"pokemon-go-players-are-getting-refunds-after-latest-patch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/nintendo\/100248-pokemon-go-players-are-getting-refunds-after-latest-patch","title":{"rendered":"Pokemon GO players are getting refunds after latest patch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Upset Pokemon GO players are requesting refunds for their in-app purchases, and they are getting them.<\/p>\n<p>Many Pokemon GO players around the world are upset about the <strong>removal of footprint tracking<\/strong>, and are requesting refunds for all of their in-app microtransactions, reports <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/pokemon-go-players-requesting-refunds-over-lack-of-trac-1784616329\" target=\"_blank\">Kotaku<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This 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