Among Us: Sequel to multiplayer game cancelled amid surge in popularity
2018 game has amassed a large playerbase in recent months
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Plans for a sequel to the hit video game Among Us have been cancelled.
According to the developers, the plans were aborted in order to dedicate efforts towards improving the original via updates.
Innersloth, who created the space-set multiplayer murder mystery game, revealed that the recent spike in popularity has prompted them to change priorities, after a sequel was initially announced in August.
Among Us was first released in 2018, but has undergone a surge in popularity in recent months after a number of prominent Twitch streamers began playing the game.
Data from the games distribution website Steam reveals that Among Us grew from having an average of 4.5 PC users logged on at any one time in January 2019, to 107,000 in the past month.
A statement on the game’s website reads: “The main reason we are shooting for a sequel is because the codebase of Among Us 1 is so outdated and not built to support adding so much new content.”
“However, seeing how many people are enjoying Among Us 1 really makes us want to be able to support the game and take it to the next level.”
They added that they have “decided to cancel Among Us 2” and will be putting “all [their] focus” into improving the first game.
“All of the content we had planned for Among Us 2 will instead go into Among Us 1,” revealed the developers.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments