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Among Us' new map is a giant red airship

What happens when you take The Beatles' yellow submarine, slap a fresh red coat of paint onto it, and launch it into the air? Well, according to InnerSloth, you get a brand spanking new Among Us map. Its name? The Airship.

Following its reveal at The Game Awards last night (December 10), the game's official Twitter account posted the trailer of the new map, which is set to release in early 2021. The final reveal follows months of teasing by the developers, with a picture of The Airship's cockpit being dropped last month.

The teaser opens with the emergence of the Toppat airship from the clouds. Inside, we are introduced to the map's major areas: Brig, Cockpit, Electrical, Engine Room, Gap Room, Kitchen - where one unfortunate soul is blasted with an eye laser by a mousachioed impostor - Main Hall, Medical, Meeting Room, Records, Security, Vault, and the Viewing Deck. When each round starts, players will be able to choose an area to start in after a meeting (in this instance either Engine Room, Records, or the Main Hall).

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Among Us' new map is The Airship

There's a new Among Us map on the way, and after a tiny teaser on social media, the developers have provided a bigger look at the new location, called The Airship, due to launch in early 2021. As the previous teaser suggested, the map looks to be based on the Toppat Airship from Innersloth's previous Henry Stickmin series.

The map is an ostentatious flying vessel, and looks like a floating cruise ship - load of luxury areas, red carpets, and massive kitchens. There are platforms you can ride between various locations, too. Of course, it's still Among Us - impostors will be popping out of vents and trying to secretly murder the rest of the unsuspecting crew.

The Game Awards is an annual showcase of both the year's best games and upcoming titles from publishers and developers across the industry. The evening promises news on everything from Among Us to the next Dragon Age game, and PCGamesN will be here to provide the biggest news as it happens.

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Here's Valorant agents as Among Us crewmates

Cutesy redesigns of killer videogame characters are always good fun, but there's just something extra special about seeing battle-hardened badasses reimagined as Among Us crewmates. The latest game to get such a treatment is Riot's Valorant, whose roster has been redesigned by artist and Reddit user Novazan in the style of Innersloth's social deduction megahit.

It's impressive to see how well Novazan has captured each character's distinct look. Thanks to some smart, simple design decisions, they're all instantly recognisable while still fitting the Among Us aesthetic to a T. If you want more of where that came from, the game's subreddit is frankly bursting with impressive fan art, such as this "Japanese inspired" redesign that recently did numbers.

Among Us continues to be one of the most widely played and discussed games of the year, having amassed over 100 million watch hours on Twitch throughout October.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is considering a regular talk show on Twitch

Among Us streamer of the moment and, perhaps more notably, US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could become a more prominent fixture on Twitch soon. During a recent livestream with the leader of Canada's New Democratic Party Jagmeet Singh and pals, AOC shared that she had an idea to host a more regular "Twitch show" where she plays a game with someone of interest and interviews them.

"I've been thinking about picking out a game, or learning a game if the person I'm interviewing is already very much into a game, and playing with them on a semi-regular basis," AOC says. "Perhaps a new person every week or every month."

Ocasio-Cortez also explains that the idea came after her first stream, as she wanted to do it again but didn't necessarily have the capacity to know who to stream with. Her first Among Us stream came back in October with fellow representative Ilhan Omar where she used the platform to encourage people to vote in the US Presidential Election. It brought in over 400,000 viewers.

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