Among Us to Add New Map, Accounts System and More

Innersloth has pushed an update to Among Us and outlined a small roadmap for future content, with a new map, an account system and colourblind support on the way. A new developer blog post on the Among Us news hub over on Steam mentions that Innersloth is working on an account system, set to arrive as early as December, which will let players report toxic or hacking accounts, with friend lists to follow after that. The team is also hard at work on a free new map, which is apparently bigger than Polus and features brand new task types, is themed after Henry Stickmin, and will be free to all players. Professional translations into multiple languages are also in the pipeline, as well as full-blown colourblind support. The latest update has brought bug fixes and anonymous voting to the game, which marks every vote as grey to obscure voting intention and make ejections even more mysterious. Taskbar modifiers have also been added to the Among Us options, with Meeting mode making it so the taskbar only updates during a meeting, or Invisible mode, which removes the taskbar entirely. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=among-us-screenshots&captions=true"] Innersloth also mentioned that it's working on dealing with cheating and hacking in the game. "Some cheats still work and now there are bugs too. There will be more server updates to fix all of this, but rushing anti-hacks is what caused the bugs, so cleaning things up is a slower process. Also rest assured that any threats made in the game are false and your devices and data are safe. If you see a hacker, ban them or find a different room," the blog reads. Interested in the Among Us phenomenon? We've written a history of the game's sudden rise from obscurity, which led to one of the largest ever Twitch streams among other acheievements. The game is so successful that its developers cancelled a sequel to add more content to the original game. For more on Among Us, check out our article for some useful tips and tricks to help you succeed when playing crewmate and impostor. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.