IUENG WrapUp - August 2023
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Hello Agents! Welcome to the August 2023 IUENG WrapUp, a series of monthly posts that will summarize and wrap up all the important happenings in the Ingress universe during the last month. This will not only include official news but also SITREPs, events and more from both factions! If you have something you would like to submit for our monthly WrapUp, head over to @IUENG_Submission_bot and send us your report!
OFFICIAL NEWS
August 4 | Level 8 Week starts
The yearly Level 8 event kicks off! The boni for this event included up to 6x AP with an Apex, 80 seconds per Overclock hack and a new "Machina Patch" medal in the store.
Post: https://t.me/IUENG/6339
August 9 | Update 2.122.1 is released
The Ingress team releases Update 2.122.1 in the App Store and Play Store. Included in the bug fixes and improvements is a fix for issues that caused a soft lock during the New Agent Training sequence.
Post: https://t.me/IUENG/6343
August 19 | Phase 2 of the Ctrl Anomaly
On August 19th, Agents around the world battled over the Ctrl Anomaly and for the control of Phase 2 in three different cities globally. The Enlightened took home the victory and won Phase 2 with a score of 507 to a score of 460 for the Resistance.
Post: https://t.me/IUENG/6356
August 22 | Update 2.123.1 is released
The Ingress team releases Update 2.122.1 in the App Store and Play Store. Ingress was updated to use the latest version of Lightship AR which includes a quality check of scans before they are allowed to be uploaded. Scans that do not meet the quality threshold are rejected and need to be redone. Additional bug fixes include a fix for the non-functional "Choose your faction" screen sometimes suddenly appearing for some Agents as well as fixes to Overclock sound settings.
Post: https://t.me/IUENG/6358
GENERAL NEWS
August 19 | New Ingress X Mr Chics apparel goes online
The collaboration between Ingress and Agent MrChics continues and the new "2023 Anomaly World Tour" T-shirt is released on Amazon.
Post: https://t.me/IUENG/6353
August 30 | NL-1331 JP kits go on sale
If you are visiting the Kobe anomaly in Japan this month, you'll be able to pick up the NL-1331 Japan kit which includes the new NL-1331 JP 2023 medal.
Post: https://t.me/IUENG/6365
FACTION NEWS
ENL | The Rebirth of Light
People speak of stories, whispers from years past a group of exceptional individuals. The Enlightened Ones received an encrypted message, an ancient prophecy that spoke of a rebirth of Light.
The ENL of Curitiba in Brazil invite you to the Discoverie anomaly on October 14, 2023! You can read the short story of "The Rebirth of Light" via the link below.
Link: https://telegra.ph/O-Renascimento-da-Luz-08-29
That's it for this month! Do you want to submit something for next months WrapUp? Do you have feedback? Send us your report to the @IUENG_Submission_bot.
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