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Ingress
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augmented reality massively multiplayer online pervasive game
Game data
- Released
- 2012-11-17
- User rating
- 3.95 / 5
- Genres
- Strategy, Adventure
- Platforms
- iOS, Android
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Game details · IGDB
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
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
- Official website
- ingress.com
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- publication date
- 2014-07-14
- Commons category
- Ingress
- software version identifier
- 2.119.1
- Stack Exchange tag
- gaming.stackexchange.com/tags/ingress
- social media followers
- 122000
- hashtag
- ingress
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Article
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.