Among Us News

For a period of 2020, it was hard to find one of Twitch's biggest streamers playing anything other than Among Us during their live streams. The whodunnit party game kicked off the Twitch audience's hunger for collaborative content that would see their favourite streamer play alongside several other big names.

Among Us has provided millions of hours of hilarious content, and it's been picked up by an insane amount of players on PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile. But console gamers have been left asking: 'When's our turn?'

With so much hype around the game, which is so untaxing in the graphics and gameplay departments that it can be easily run on most mobile devices, it's strange that it's taken this long to set the wheels in motion for more console ports of Among Us. So when is the game coming to PlayStation and Xbox consoles? Well, we've compiled all the info for you right here.

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The team behind Among Us has added a shortcut wheel for fast responses while playing the social deduction game. The feature is already available, and should make those meetings quicker and easier.

Developer Innersloth revealed the quickchat in a tweet, adding that anyone relying on the text chat may find this a simpler option. "We've just added Quickchat (version 2021.2.21)," the tweet reads. "This is an easier, faster, and safer option to play if you're using text chat! More info in-game." A screenshot is attached, displaying a circle of seven options: accusation, crew, systems, location, statements, question, and response, streamlining the whole process. No "sus" button just yet.

Many players use voice chat, whether through Discord, Zoom, or otherwise while playing together, but if you don't have that option, the chat in-game can be messy or inaccessible for whatever reason. This option helps everyone. A larger update is still planned, and the team reassures everyone this is just one sliver of what's in the pipeline. "I know you're waiting for the big update news too," the Twitter post finishes. "The ball is rolling, promise I'll get you more info soon."

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• Blank screen when creating a new room
  
• Players unable to find any lobbies in the public list
  
• Age gate for Quickchat is 13+
  
• Black screen in lobbies and creating games
  
• Desync issues should be fixed when everyone in the game is updated to the latest version. However we're waiting on approval from the store for iOS, so there may be some people in public lobbies that still have the old version.
  

Among Us

became a surprise smash hit in 2020. The hidden-role murder ’em up was originally released in 2018, and managed to burst its way to fame late last year thanks in large part to lots of Twitch streamers. Alas, this success brought with it a fair few challenges for the developers at Innersloth. Yesterday, they released a dev blog explaining why development and updates have been taking so long, and telling fans a bit about what’s been going on behind the scenes.

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