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Ingress

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Also known as Ingress Prime, Scanner [REDACTED]

augmented reality massively multiplayer online pervasive game

OverviewAI-generated

Ingress is a role-playing, strategy, tactical, and adventure game developed by Niantic Labs and published by Google. It supports massively multiplayer online gameplay on iOS and Android platforms. The software version identifier is 2.120.1.

The game was released on November 15, 2012, and July 14, 2014, according to Wikidata, while RAWG lists a release date of November 17, 2012. IGDB indicates a release year of 2013. Ratings include a 3.95 score from RAWG, a 64 rating from 20 counts on IGDB, and a critic rating of 96 from one critic on IGDB.

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Game data

Released
2012-11-17
User rating
3.95 / 5
Genres
Strategy, Adventure
Platforms
iOS, Android

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Game details · IGDB

96Critic score · 1 ratings
64User score · 20 ratings

Ingress is an augmented reality massively multiplayer online role playing GPS-dependent game created by Niantic Labs, a startup within Google, originally for Android devices, and since July 14, 2014 for Apple's iOS. The game has a complex science fiction back story with a continuous open narrative. The gameplay consists of establishing "portals" at places of public art, landmarks, monuments, etc., and linking them to create virtual triangular fields over geographic areas. Progress in the game is measured by the number of "mind units" (MUs), i.e. people nominally controlled by each faction (…

Released
2013
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms
Android, iOS
Game modes
Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Developer
Niantic Labs
Publisher
Google

Key facts

Developer
Niantic Spatial
Publisher
Niantic Spatial
Platforms
Android , iOS
Release
December 14, 2013 Ingress Android December 14, 2013 iOS July 14, 2014 Ingress Prime WW : November 5, 2018

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
video game
Country of origin
United States
Platform
Android
Game engine
Unity
Official website
ingress.com
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operating system
Android
publication date
2014-07-14
Commons category
Ingress
software version identifier
2.119.1
distributed by
App Store
language of work or name
English language
derivative work
Ingress
social media followers
122000
input device
touchscreen
different from
Ingress
hashtag
ingress
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Encyclopedic overview

Ingress is an augmented reality (AR) mobile game currently developed and published by Niantic Spatial for Android and iOS devices. The game was first released as a closed beta on November 15, 2012 for Android devices and then for iOS devices on July 14, 2014. The game is free-to-play, uses a freemium business model, and supports in-app purchases for additional in-game items. The mobile app has been downloaded more than 20 million times worldwide as of November 2018.

Ingress uses the mobile device GPS to locate and interact with "portals" that are in proximity to the player's real-world location. The portals are physical points of interest where "human creativity and ingenuity is expressed," often manifesting as public art such as statues and monuments, unique architecture, outdoor murals, historic buildings, local community hubs and other displays of human achievement. The game uses the portals as elements of a science fiction backstory along with a continuous open narrative provided through various forms of media.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ingress” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.