There’s little question that indie developer Innersloth’s multiplayer social deduction gameAmong Usbecame a major hit with gamers in 2020 when lockdown orders forced many to hunker down at home, away from family and friends. The success of the sci-fi themed cross-platform title has continued through 2021, winningAmong Usa number of video game awards, including Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards 2020 and Favorite Video Game at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards.
One of the results of the breakthrough popularity ofAmong Us,which originally launched in 2018 to much less fanfare, is that a number of companies have sought to either collaborate with Innersloth, releasedAmong Us-inspired games, or been accused outright of copying the game’s winning formula without proper credit. Although not the biggest controversy of 2021, Epic Games received a fair amount of backlash when it announced what was essentially a3D clone ofAmong Uswith itsFortniteImposters mode.
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AnAmong Uscollaboration with the 2D action gameSamurai Gunn 2is the latest to spawn from the game’s popularity. Launched on December 16, theAmong Usupdate introduced a CrewmatetoSamurai Gunn 2,who can mutate into an Imposter if the player completes enough tasks. Even the character’s moves take inspiration fromAmong Us.The Crewmate can empty the garbage, eject into space, and install vents to teleport, while the Imposter can impale, backstab, and camouflage itself. Additionally, new stages have been added toSamurai Gunn 2,including The Skeld fromAmong Usand a final showdown on the spaceship’s roof.
Samurai Gunn 2is an action brawler that released in July 2021 that allows up to four people to battle it out, but can also accommodate solo players. Besides theAmong UsCrewmate and Imposter being recently added to the game, new characters and stages have been regularly introduced since the game’s launch. These include the rotund white creature from Devolver Digital’s adventure gameMinitandAna from the 2020 platformerSpelunky 2.
Along with theSamurai Gunn 2collaboration, Arcane-themedLeague of Legendscosmetics were recently added toAmong Us,in celebration of the release of theLoLanimated series. Players can access these cosmetics through the newAmong UsCosmicube progression system. Perhaps one of the more unexpected collaborations happened in November, whenInnersloth teamed up with BT21, a fictional group of characters created by the real-life members of South Korean boy band BTS. In a trailer, the eight BT21 avatars were dressed up asAmong Uscrewmates, though their distinctive BT21 characteristics were still apparent.
Samurai Gunn 2is available in Early Access on PC, with a Switch version in development.
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