Niantic's first AR game Ingress is getting a massive overhaul in 2018

Niantic may be best-known for the massive hit Pokémon Go, but for its next major release the studio is going back to the beginning. Today the developer revealed that it's working on a significant update to its debut augmented reality game, Ingress. Called Ingress Prime, the overhauled version of the game will be launching next year, and will change virtually every aspect of the experience -- from the art, design, and narrative, to the underlying technology that powers it. "This game was the pla...