Epic Games Credits Innersloth’s Among Us For Fornite’s Impostors Mode, Collaboration Teased

Update, 10/12/21, 12:37 p.m.

After Epic Games credited Innersloth's Among Us arsenic inspiration for Fortnite's Impostors mode successful a caller blog post, the 2 companies teased a collaboration. 

The official Fortnite Twitter account tweeted astir the blog post, and the official Among Us Twitter account tweeted the eyes emoji (you cognize the one). Following that, the 2 parties agreed to enactment unneurotic connected "something fun." You tin cheque retired the enactment below: 

Original Story, 10/12/21, 11:27 a.m.

When Epic Games released its caller Impostor mode to Fortnite, it didn’t instrumentality agelong for the gaming assemblage to gully comparisons to Innersloth’s hit, Among Us. Then, Innersloth developers and fans claimed that Impostor mode wasn’t conscionable akin to Among Us – they claimed it was practically the aforesaid game. 

Former Game Informer senior editor, Liana Ruppert, wrote astir these similarities, asking the question, “Does Fortnite’s caller Impostor mode instrumentality Among Us ‘Inspiration’ excessively far?” As you tin spot successful the tweet below, Among Us Unity-programmer Gary Porter said Impostor mode went arsenic acold arsenic copying an Among Us map, switching conscionable a mates of things astir to beryllium different. Among Us assemblage manager Victoria Tran said, “It would person been really, truly chill to collab here” successful a tweet erstwhile she saw the quality of Fortnite’s Impostor mode, besides adding “just bittersweet indie hours [right now].”

It seems Epic Games took the disapproval from fans and Innersloth devs to bosom because, successful today’s Fortnite Battle Royale V18.20 Update, the institution gives recognition to Innersloth for its Impostor mode, arsenic reported by Eurogamer. 

“V18.20 brings improvements to Impostors, the crippled mode inspired by Among Us from Innersloth,” the blog station reads. 

It mightiness person taken astir 2 months, but it’s bully to spot Innersloth get the shoutout they deserve.

For much astir Fortnite and Among Us, cheque retired our thoughts connected the second successful Game Informer’s Among Us review and past work astir however The Walking Dead’s Rick Grimes is present disposable for acquisition successful Fortnite. Check retired our breakdown of why you shouldn’t expect Fortnite connected Apple devices for years aft that.

What did you deliberation of the Among Us-Impostors Mode similarities? Let america cognize successful the comments below!

[Source: Eurogamer]