Among Us will be adding an account system to make it easier for players to report cheaters and people practicing toxic behavior. The indie social deduction game had a quiet launch in 2018, but exploded in popularity in September of 2020. The game's debate-heavy mechanics provide an excellent way for players to socialize and have fun together while COVID-19 has them in lockdown, and its adorable art style has made it accessible and launched a vast movement of fan art.
Like a lot of successful multiplayer games, Among Us has a problem with hackers. No matter what the game, there will always be a subset of players dedicated to making the experience worse for everyone else, even if they don't stand to gain anything by it. Hacks in Among Us let players move faster, murder entire lobbies, or prematurely end the game's voting period. These actions are almost never conducive to a victory for either the crewmates or the game's Impostors. Hackers use them just to make other players' lives worse.
Fortunately, the devs are well aware of this issue, and are taking steps to prevent it. In a recent news update on Steam, developer Innersloth addresses the status of anti-hacking measures in Among Us. Server changes were already pushed out to resolve the problems, but unfortunately, they were rushed out, resulting in bugs that the team is still working to patch. Innersloth also took the time to assure players that their data was perfectly safe, and that any threats from hackers to the contrary are lies. In the future, Innersloth hopes to roll out accounts for all players. This should make it easier to report and ban players who use hacks, or who spread harassment and verbal abuse in the game's chat.
No one likes hackers. Regardless of the game in which they appear, hackers are an objectively terrible thing. Players through the ages have resorted to some truly creative ways to deal with them, like one CS:GO fan who advertises fake hacks which, when installed, make the game all but unplayable. As amusing as this is, the best anti-hacking measures typically come from the top. Unfortunately, the team behind Among Us consists of only three people. With a game this wildly popular, there's a lot of work to be done, and there aren't a lot of people around to do it, so even good, solid anti-hacking measures like an account system take a while to roll out.
Among Us is a universally well-loved game, so much so that it's even been streamed by US politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Such a beloved game doesn't deserve to be targeted by the likes of hackers out to ruin the experience for everyone. It should be very reassuring for fans to know that thanks to Innersloth, help is on the way, and Among Us will establish an account system soon to remove hackers from the experience.
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