Among Us Friends Lists & Console-Exclusive Cosmetics Added In Update
Among Us is getting another big update today with release v2022.03.29, which is adding new social features and console-exclusive costumes. The hit multiplayer deception game is receiving a new friends list feature, which has been a common request since the game went viral in late 2020. The new cosmetic options are also giving players the ability to look like certain characters from other console-exclusive IPs, similar to what Fortnite did in 2020 by introducing Kratos and Master Chief skins.
Although Among Us has been one of the most popular games since its breakthrough in late 2020, the game has lacked its own official social hub, instead relying on lobby codes to allow friends to play with each other. Players would have to enter codes into their match finder in order to get into custom lobbies with friends – which works for real life friends, but is much harder for people who met online. If someone wanted to continue to play with someone they had met in an online match, they would have to rely on an outside source, like Discord, to stay in touch. The lack of a first-party social hub led many to seek third-party alternatives like Among Us' Better CrewLink mod.
In a blog post on Innersloth's official website, the team announced that a friends list and other new social features would finally come to Among Us, giving players the ability to add friends with unique friend codes and form parties through a standard invite system. Players will also be able to see a list of players they recently played with, block people they don’t like, and enable/disable invite notifications. Innersloth noted that online/offline status indicators will be coming in a future update, along with a reworked way to link/unlink existing accounts. The list of changes looks to assert Innersloth’s commitment to crossplay functionality by giving Among Us its own social hub complete with features one would expect from an online game in 2022.
Along with the new social features come three new costumes for players to enjoy. A new Ghostface Cosmetics set (consisting of the Scream Mask and Scream Robes items) will be available for free on all platforms until April 30 as a part of a collaboration with the film Scream, which released earlier this year. Two new console-exclusive cosmetics will also be made available for players to redeem for free, with the Halo Cosmetics and Ratchet & Clank Cosmetics sets coming to Xbox players and PlayStation players, respectively. The Halo Cosmetics set features the Spartan Armor and Spartan Helmet items as well as the Guilty Spark pet. PlayStation players will receive the Ratchet’s Hat and Ratchet’s Outfit items and a Clank pet. The new cosmetics will be added to every player’s inventory automatically upon logging in.
The v2022.03.29 update will also include a number of bug fixes, but Innersloth mentioned that not all known bugs could be remedied in the update, and that the next update will focus primarily on fixing the rest of them. Innersloth also teased a small April Fools event, so players should look forward to something strange on April 1. The free v2022.03.29 update launches today on all platforms.
Among Us is available on all platforms.
Source: Innersloth