These days, location-based augmented reality gaming pioneer Niantic is best known as the developer behind Pokémon Go, but the uber-popular mobile game was not its first foray into the AR gaming genre.
That distinction goes to Ingress, which was released in 2012 for Android (and later for iOS) when Niantic was a subsidiary of Google. Six years later, the cyberpunk-influenced game is getting a seismic shift of an update.
At the game’s EXO5 event in San Francisco, the developer disclosed the forthcoming 2.0 version of the game, dubbed Ingress Prime, with a trailer (see below) teasing a new… more
Source: Niantic Preparing Huge Update to Pokémon Go Predecessor Ingress
