InnerSloth's hit indie game from 2018, Among Us, has just revealed its new map - and there's a lot for players to get excited about. While the game has been available to purchase for over two years now, it was only recently that Among Us exploded in popularity thanks to Twitch streamers and viral, engaging gameplay. Among Us' status has skyrocketed to becoming one of the most important (and most searched for) games of 2020, but for the longest time there have only been three maps available.
Among Us' players have grown increasingly familiar with The Skeld, MIRA-HQ, and Among Us' most recent map, Polus. While all three of these levels provide different degrees of challenge and gameplay (and one is clearly the better Among Us map when compared to the other two) it is still a fairly limited choice, especially for those people who have grown used to playing Among Us regularly with friends. Thankfully, a new location for Crewmates and Impostors to travel to is right around the corner.
Revealed earlier this evening at The Game Awards 2020, Among Us' new map is called The Airship, and it looks like it will give players a lot of options. Not only is it bigger than any Among Us map so far, but it also give players new options and tasks. Here's what we know so far about Among Us' new map.
Among Us' New Map: Details, Tasks, & Lore
Among Us' The Airship map will offer players the ability to choose what rooms they start in, something that hasn't yet been possible in the game. Players will have the option of selecting the Engine Room, Records, or the Main Hall to start in.
It looks like players will have only a few seconds to choose where they start in the game, and likely won't be able to see who else selects the same area. This means players might accidentally start off right next to an Impostor in Among Us... which sounds both dangerous and exhilarating.
Players already had a good idea about what tasks Among Us' new map would include, thanks to an image teased by the game's official Twitter account, but even more tasks were revealed in The Airship's trailer during The Game Awards 2020.
It looks like players will be performing tasks in Among Us like cleaning gems and pulling bags of trash out of bins that are slightly too small, among other things. Check out the official Among Us Airship map trailer below:
Judging from the landscape surrounding The Airship in Among Us, it's something the game's Crewmates use to travel around the same planet that the MIRA-HQ base is on. Right now, it's unclear exactly where in Among Us' lore timeline The Airship fits, but it is likely after both The Skeld and MIRA-HQ.
The success of InnerSloth's Among Us is something which is incredibly heartwarming for indie game fans. After sporting a miniscule player base for nearly a year and a half, suddenly this small multiplayer game is so popular that even politicians and celebrities are playing it. Among Us' new map looks like it's going to be a great addition to an already fantastic game, and players are surely itching to jump in themselves and start performing tasks... or, of course, pretending to do so.
Among Us is available now on PC and mobile.