Ingress has been a pretty popular game the entire time it’s been around. Of course leaving it in closed-beta probably helped keep the buzz for the game. Ingress is a fun multi-player geolocation game. I still personally think this is Google’s way to get a ton of Street view and map information, basically for free.
Tomorrow, Google is kicking off their next series of global player events for Ingress. The tour will last about two months, and is starting tomorrow in Los Angeles and San Jose, CA at 1pm PST. This tour is dubbed Operation #13 Magnus. There will be 13 primary cities and secondary events in 25 others. This operation will gather thousands of gamers from around the world in live Ingress play sessions with Niantic Labs. This operation will gather thousands of players in each city and have them adventure on foot to compete and capture portals of real-world landmarks and city sites. It’s actually going to be a lot of fun. For those interested we have the complete schedule down below for you:
The dates and cities for Ingress¹ Operation #13Magnus include:
October 12
Primary
Los Angeles, California, USA
Starting Location: Tongva Park, Santa Monica
Start Time: 1:00PM PST
San Jose, California, USA
Starting Location: San Jose City Hall
Starting Time: 1:00PM PST
Bangkok, Thailand
Secondary
Vancouver, Canada
Montreal, Canada
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
October 26
Primary
Seattle, Washington, USA
Kiev, Ukraine
Secondary
Warsaw, Poland
Bucharest, Romania
Budapest, Hungary
Prague, Czech Republic
November 2
Primary
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Madrid, Spain
Mumbai, India
Secondary
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, USA
Barcelona, Spain
Lisbon, Portugal
November 16
Primary
Dallas, Texas, USA
Vienna, Austria
Secondary
Austin, Texas, USA
Houston, Texas, USA
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Bratislava, Slovakia
Graz, Austria
December 7
Primary
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Rome, Italy
Secondary
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Tucson, Arizona, USA
Athens, Greece
Istanbul, Turkey
December 14
Primary
San Francisco, California, USA
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Secondary
San Diego, California, USA
Santiago, Chile
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
There will be more information coming out soon about this operation, so you’re going to want to be sure you’ve got Ingress circled on Google+. How many of you are going to take part in Operation #13 Magnus?