UPDATE 18.31pm: Now that Epic has finally acknowledged the source of its ‘inspiration’ for Fortnite’s social-deduction-in-space Impostors mode, the brandter has begun in earnest on Twitter, pointing to an official collaboration with Among Us and its developer Innersloth.
In response to a tweet announcing Fortnite’s 18.20 update (which also credited Among Us as the inspiration for Imposters), Innersloth offered up a googly-eye emoji before the official Fornite account swept in with a, “Hey @AmongUsGame! Since you’re here we’ve got something we wanted to ask you.”
A little more forced chumminess follows in the insufferable manner of these things, but it all ends in an affirmative from Innersloth after Epic writes, “Big fans! We never got to talk about how you inspired us. What do you think about working on something fun together sometime?”.
Big fans! We never got to talk about how you inspired us. What do you think about working on something fun together sometime?
— Fortnite (@Fortnite) October 12, 2021
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The exchange is certainly a world away from Innersloth’s initial response to the surprise announcement of Fortnite’s Imposter mode back in August, when the development team variously said it was “sad”, “pretty bummed”, and “kind of offended” at the news. What – other than, I don’t know, a giant wad of Fortnite money – could possibly have changed since then?