Among Us ‘Emergency Reunion’ Livestream Reveals New Roles, Cosmetics, and In-App Purchases

In a five-minute live premiere on November 9, Among Us developers Innersloth revealed the latest update to their game to the masses:

The Cosmicube update!

Cosmicubes gives you access to what is basically a branched system of unlocks, a bit like a skill tree:

“Cosmicubes: Special cosmetic cubes that have themed items that you unlock through a branching path. These items tend to be more special or detailed. Different Cosmicubes are purchased using Beans or Stars, but their content can only be unlocked by earning Pods through play. “

The update will add new hats, visors, cosmetics, and most importantly, an in-game store to buy things like pets, dog tags, and more. There are several currencies:

• Beans: Achieved by playing and can be used to purchase items, packages, and Cosmicubes.
• Stars: Purchased with real money and can be used to purchase items, packs, and Cosmicubes.
• Pods: Achieved by playing the game only if you have a Cosmicube activated.
• XP– Awarded for winning rounds, identifying the imposter, killing crewmates, and completing tasks, and makes your level go up, which can give you multipliers to earn beans and pods.

Additionally, achievements are now in-game, as well as the ability to link accounts, which will link your cosmetics, XP, Pods, and Beans to your account. However, on Nintendo Switch, stars are not currently shared between platforms; They will only be available on Switch, at least for now. Innersloth says they are “working on it”!

Now there are new roles too, from the costumed shifter (which we already knew about) to the scientist, who can access vital signs at any time to check who’s dead, the engineer, a non-imposter who can use vents, and the angel. Guardian, who can protect the rest of the crew after they die.

Innersloth anticipated the comments “I can’t believe you’re trying to make me pay money,” saying in the video, “Yes (we live in a capitalist society)” and noting that the proceeds could go towards further upgrades. , server costs, team salaries, survival, therapy, food, goofball and even … a new game.

Oh, and it’s available now. Hurrah!

You can read all about the update on the Innersloth blog. The coins are a bit confusing and there are also some quality of life changes:

• The Vent action is no longer associated with the main action button. To vent, press V on the keyboard or the right shoulder button on the controllers.
• Tamper is no longer associated with the main action button. To access the tamper map, imposters can simply open their map, using the Tab key on keyboards or the left trigger on controllers.
• If you have a special role, the action for that role is accessed using the F key on keyboards or the Right Trigger on controllers. This includes the engineer’s ventilation capacity.
• The stats that affect your achievements will persist across all linked platforms (essentially, your stats are tied to your Player ID)
• You must take the actual action that would unlock that achievement to activate it on another platform.
  • Example of false achievement to explain: If you got a 50 card swipe achievement on Steam and want it to be unlocked on iOS, you will need to perform the swipe task one more time on iOS to get the achievement.

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