{"id":81236,"date":"2020-12-15T21:12:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T21:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/credai.kinsta.cloud\/news\/?p=81236"},"modified":"2020-12-15T21:12:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T21:12:50","slug":"among-us-launches-today-for-nintendo-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cred.ai\/news\/2020\/12\/15\/among-us-launches-today-for-nintendo-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Among Us Launches Today For Nintendo Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just in time for the Christmas holidays, developer Innersloth\u2019s popular game, \u201cAmong Us,\u201d is arriving on Nintendo Switch today, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/12\/15\/22176459\/among-us-nintendo-switch-cross-play-launch\">The Verge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Prep the airlock and join your crewmates in a multiplayer game of teamwork and betrayal!!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AmongUsGame?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AmongUsGame<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InnerslothDevs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@InnerslothDevs<\/a> is available today on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NintendoSwitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoSwitch<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndieWorld?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IndieWorld<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RTrsLS02tV\">pic.twitter.com\/RTrsLS02tV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoAmerica\/status\/1338896136669700096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The news was announced as part of Nintendo\u2019s Indie World Showcase event, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/among-us-switch-launch-today-173338948.html\">Engadget<\/a>. \u201cAmong Us\u201d will also include crossplay.<\/p>\n<p>The game won awards last week for best multiplayer game and best mobile game at The Game Awards, the annual awards ceremony highlighting achievements in video games. \u201cAmong Us,\u201d which is two years old, has recently increased in popularity, thanks to Twitch.<\/p>\n<p>It has been not only played on Twitch but also by streamers and even by the U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York. She issued a call in October for players to join her on \u201cAmong Us\u201d in order to \u201cget out the vote\u201d before the presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The game has proven to be such a hit that Innersloth decided to forego its plans to create a sequel and, instead, opted to put all of its efforts behind refining the original game.\u00a0 A new map called The Airship is scheduled to debut next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just in time for the Christmas holidays, developer Innersloth\u2019s popular game, \u201cAmong Us,\u201d is arriving on Nintendo Switch today, according to The Verge. 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