Ingress is an augmented reality game from the makers of Pokemon Go, Niantic. Ingress Prime is version 2.0, and it launched today. Mostly, Ingress Prime is a re-imagination of the user interface and lacks some features (like portal submissions). In particular, Niantic has worked hard to make it quicker to play and manage items. There […]
Niantic and +Ultra release the Ingress anime trailer
The Ingress anime is about to air in Japan and is due on Netflix later this year. We already know a little about the Ingress anime so let’s carefully attempt to work out what the trailer is showing. Auto-English captions are not yet available. It begins by showing a three glyph message decoded Begin, Danger, […]
Niantic create a prisoner’s dilemma at a global scale
If you know game theory, then you know about the prisoner’s dilemma. Why might two entirely rational sides not cooperate even when it appears it would be best if they did? The prisoner’s dilemma was codified and formalised in the 50s by scientists working at RAND. Not Iron Fist, Danny Rand’s company but the American […]
Ingress anime in 2018; what we know
Niantic, now more famous for Pokemon Go than Ingress, has an impressive anime deal lined up. The show will air on Netflix this year and is all about Ingress. In fact, the Ingress anime will probably coincide with the launch of Ingress Prime (aka Ingress 2.0). We’re going to make some wild guesses about the […]
10 ideas for new Ingress items
Ingress is the augmented reality game from Niantic that came before Pokemon. It’s less random, has only two factions and a great community. One of the clever things Niantic got right was to introduce sponsored items rather than adverts to the game play. The most powerful shield you can hope to deploy, right now, is […]
We’re unlikely to see a third faction in Ingress despite New Wave rumours
There have been rumours of a third faction being added to Niantic’s Ingress since the beginning of the game. The rumours are back again thanks to Niantic actually talking about a third faction and the Via Lux plot appearing to introduce a group known as the New Wave. It’s unlikely we’ll ever see a third […]
4 alternatives to Ingress’ Shard anomalies
I’m a fan of Niantic Lab’s augmented reality game Ingress. Players belong to one of two teams and compete to capture portals, places of interest in the real world, and link them together to form triangular ‘control fields’. Throughout the year Niantic organises events in which cities become centres of “anomalies” and hundreds of agents […]
Ingress mistake threatens Oxfordshire’s man job as augmented reality goes wrong
A player of Niantic’s augmented reality game Ingress is appealing to the game’s moderators to help remove a “portal” he created. After leaving Google, Niantic suspended the ability of players to suggest new portals – points of interest and locations to battle over – in the game. Before the (temporary) suspension came into force players would […]
Google spin-off launches new Pokemon augmented reality game
Niantic, the company behind Ingress, recently scored its independence from Google. Players had previously been worried about that the End Game project was… a rival game, not an end to Ingress, Niantic had (mostly) successfully reassured people. Then players had life after Google to worry about. The launch of Pokemon Go serves both to reassure […]
