IUENG WrapUp - July 2023
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Hello Agents! Welcome to the July 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
July 8 | Agent Ops feature postponed
Niantic announced that the Agent Ops feature they intended to use for events in August and September will be postponed. While the Level 8 Week and Second Sunday events will run as normal, Niantic is looking into a replacement mechanic for the Ctrl Connected Ops.
Post: https://t.me/IUENG/6308
July 15 | Phase 1 of the Ctrl Anomaly
On July 15th, Agents around the world battled in three different cities globally over the control of the first round of the Ctrl Anomalies. The Enlightened took home the victory and won Phase 1 with a score of 509 to a score of 467 for the Resistance.
Post: https://t.me/IUENG/6317
July 20 | Update 2.120.1 is released
The Ingress team released Update 2.120.1 in the App Store and Play Store. This update saw the overhaul of the Overclock UI as well as the addition of a dismissable ad for C.O.R.E. in the inventory screen if an agent is close to the inventory limit. In addition, a restock button to buy 10 Power Cubes was added in the Power Cube screen and the banner in the store advertising C.O.R.E. is hidden if the agent is already subscribed.
Post: https://t.me/IUENG/6319
July 20 | C.O.R.E. subscription price change announced
Starting on August 28, the price for C.O.R.E. will be raised from $4.99 to $7.99 (or local currency equivalent). Niantic states that this decision was made due to global inflation, economic changes and their LA Studio’s recent restructuring. To compensate for the price raise, the monthly CMU grant is being raised from 2 500 CMU to 10 000 CMU.
Post: https://t.me/IUENG/6321
July 24 | Mission Day Q3 schedule posted
Niantic has posted the schedule for the Mission Days that will be held in Q3. A total of 15 sites will host the Mission Day event across August and September.
Post: https://t.me/IUENG/6328
July 28 | Level 8 Week event details revealed
Niantic announced the details for the Level 8 Week event, scheduled from August 4th, 1700 UTC, to August 14th, 1700 UTC. The event will feature various bonuses such as double AP for all actions, triple AP effect with APEX (for a total of 6x AP overall), reduced cooldown for the Drone, increased AP for Glyph Hacks, and the extention of the Overclock Glyph Hack duration to 80 seconds. Additionally, experimental weapon tuning will be in effect during the event. Players can purchase three Level 8 medals, including the new Level 8 Machina Patch, for 2500 CMU in the in-app Ingress Store.
Post: https://t.me/IUENG/6329
July 31 | Update 2.121.1 is released
The Ingress team released Update 2.121.1 in the App Store and Play Store. In this update the AP status bar position in the Map view was fixed and the CMU grant for C.O.R.E. subscribers has been increased to 10.000 CMU as part of Niantic's subscription price change.
Post: https://t.me/IUENG/6335
GENERAL NEWS
July 22 | IUENG investigates the Quint Arrow
Our outside correspondent visited the Quint Arrow bar in Tokyo and documented a special module called a Tecthulhu and how it reacts to changes in the XM network. The entire report is worth a read, so take a look here if you are interested: https://telegra.ph/IUENG-Investigation---Quint-Arrow-07-21
Post: https://t.me/IUENG/6324
July 23 | Kawashima Masashi returns to Ingress
Kawashima Masashi, who played a key role in the creation of Pokemon GO, is being promoted to Ingress Product Manager at Niantic, with a focus on making Ingress a long-lasting "Forever Game." He credits the game's dedicated community and unique appeal for keeping his passion alive. Additionally, there are hints that a former employee may return to work on new game lore for Ingress.
Post: https://t.me/IUENG/6325
July 31 | The "Ingress Badges" website gets a new design
After launching the original version in May 2017, Agent @dedo1911 has relaunched his catalogue of all the Ingress Badges that Agents can earn. If you want to take a look at how many badges have been released over the last 10 years and learn a bit about unused badges, this website is for you.
Website: https://ingress.dedo1911.xyz/
Post: https://t.me/IUENG/6334
FACTION NEWS
ENL | Oslo Ctrl Merchandise is up for grabs!
Oslo is the Primary anomaly site of the second round of the Ctrl Anomaly, and the Enlightened want to make sure that they look the part! You have one week left to order various items from shop.oslo.rocks. Please be aware that you (or someone else) need to be in Oslo during the Anomaly to pick up the items as there is no shipping provided.
Not registered yet? Head over to oslo.rocks to register with the Enlightened!
This is as ENL-only shop, Resistance Agents cannot order from it.
RES | Resistance Agents memorialize Ingress on r/place
Reddit's r/place is a project in which every user can place one single pixel on a huge canvas only once every 5 minutes. Resistance Agents in Chile started to construct the Ingress logo as well as the Resistance key and were quickly supported by Resistance agents all over the world to keep the logos from being erased by other users.
You can check out its position in the canvas (as well as all the other artwork) here: https://2023.place-atlas.stefanocoding.me/#//-969/-349/10.067
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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