New indoor interactive game experience ‘Activate Games’ comes to Chicago

An indoor, interactive, high-tech gaming experience called Activate Games has officially opened its first Chicagoland location in Oak Brook, IL, bringing options for Chicagoans looking to also have fun inside this summer. The new entertainment establishment is the company’s second-largest venue at 10,587 square feet with a total of ten game rooms. Activate currently has sixteen locations across the U.S. and Canada.

Bryce Anderson, Co-Owner of Activate, commented on the opening, saying, “Activate is known as a destination for fun and adventure, and we are thrilled to bring this to Oak Brook and the greater Chicagoland area. Our new Chicago location boasts state-of-the-art technology and equipment. Visitors can expect an immersive, thrilling experience that will leave them wanting to return.”

Chicagoans can head to Activate for date night, group outings for families or friends, or a fun place to rally the kids this summer. In teams of at least two people that are ages ten and up, players can test their physical and mental agility and can take part in real-life challenges, including the following rooms:

• Hoops: a basketball game that involves trivia

• Arena: a dodgeball game where players aim at different targets

• Control: one of its new rooms where players navigate games on a screen

• Hide: a game where players stealthily move around the room and complete given sequences without being detected

• Portals:a game where players must quickly toss a ball around the room and choose the correct pipe to place the ball inside

• Grid: a navigation game where players step on or avoid specific tiles to complete a level

• Mega Grid: a larger and more complex version of Grid

• Climb: a climbing game where players must navigate the room using specific handholds

• Laser: a navigation game where players must maneuver through a sequence of lasers to the safety zone 

• Press: players must quickly and strategically hit certain buttons on the wall to complete patterns

Up to groups of five players can play each room at once, with groups of six or more being split into smaller teams. Challenges in each room run between 1 to 3 minutes, and groups have up to 75 minutes to play as many private games as possible.

Tickets for each player start at $24.99, with online reservations recommended. Find Activate - Chicago at 1600 16th St., Unit 6, Oak Brook, IL. 

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