‘Among Us’ devs react to Fortnite’s shameless ‘Imposter’ mode rip off
In the latest act of self-immolation, Epic Games has revealed its utter hypocrisy with a total and utter rip-off of InnerSloth’s Among Us. The new Among Us-style Fortnite game mode sports an eerily familiar map, as well as “imposters,” mimicking the hit title’s social deduction gameplay.
Epic Games is among the largest players in the industry, shipping one of the world’s most popular multiplayer games, boasting incredible monetization potential. The title dominates the games industry, drawing hundreds of millions of players, securing deals with brands like Nike and Marvel, and even hosting full concerts with Travis Scott and Ariana Grande. Epic Games also packages and sells the Unreal Engine, earning millions in revenue from big publishers building games on its system.
You’d think with all this bottomless well of cash that Fortnite’s dev team would have the capacity to come up with original ideas. Sadly, that is not the case.
Fortnite rips off Among Us
Source: Epic Games
Not content with using characters from other franchises and buying up celebrity endorsements with in-game promos, Fortnite has realized that it has once again run out of original content ideas, turning to the indie scene to find what it can steal next. Unfortunately for the intrepid developers at InnerSloth, Epic Games’ incurable greed turned to Among Us, the indie social deduction game that captured the imagination of millions.
In the new “Imposters” game mode, Fortnite players effectively engage in what is identical gameplay to that of Among Us, stealing not only the map style and layout but also the famous “imposter” description, unique to Among Us’ take on the genre. Considering Epic Games cried like children in court over how Apple seeks to monetize its platform, attempting to position itself as a small company being attacked by a big meanie corporation, this situation comes across as hypocritical at best, and laughably depressing at worst.
Among Us devs react
Source: InnerSloth LLC
Epic Games could have collaborated with Among Us, to improve the health of the industry, and help promote a smaller dev with its utterly vast cash reserves. Instead, it punched down, in a much similar way to how Epic CEO Tim Sweeney constantly claims on Twitter that how Apple treated poor little Epic Games over developer fees on the Apple iOS store. And ultimately, it’s the small team at InnerSloth who end up hurt.
While being far kinder than I would be, various devs from InnerSloth chimed in to voice their bewilderment recently, confused over how Epic Games would rather steal, than collaborate.
Epic Games, epic hypocrisy
Source: Epic Games
Epic Games is the very definition of hypocrisy, and this likely won’t be the last time we see the firm commit wholesale intellectual theft rather than come up with new ideas. What’s next? Fortnite Gear Solid? Super Fortnite Bros? Legend of Fortnite? Only time will tell.
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Among Us
Among Us is awesome.
Among Us is a social deduction game where players aboard a spaceship are stuck with imposter mutants who want nothing more than to devour their brains. Keep your eyes peeled and try to deduce which players are the imposters, or die trying.
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