The Among Us video game will receive one of its biggest updates yet with the release of a new map and new features that will change the gaming experience.
What is happening?
Among Us – a free-to-play multiplayer game that puts players in a polarized storyline – will add a new map called The Airship on March 21, according to game developer Innersloth.
- The map will come with free upgrades, which will include ladders added to the game and a new moderation system that allows players to moderate comments in the in-game chat feature.
- Innersloth said players can now choose which room they want to start in. Right now, the game brings all the players together in a single room within each map. Choosing your own room will change the playing field.
Go back
The new card among us was originally leaked in December 2020, Polygon reports. The new card comes as the popular mobile game has grown even more popular among the pandemic. As of November, the game had over 500 million users worldwide, which I wrote for the Deseret News.
- “When a game unexpectedly becomes popular it’s great, but it leads to a whole host of other issues that we were extremely new to,” the company said in a blog post. “That being said, we are extremely grateful for all the success we have found.”
Among us, the developers said that it took a long time to release updates because there were only four people working on the game. Handling the growing popularity has limited the number of updates that the developers have. could bring, as I wrote for Deseret News.