Months after attracting criticism for blatantly copying Innersloth’s Among Us without giving the studio any credit, Epic Games has officially acknowledged that Fortnite‘s Impostors is inspired by the indie title.
Innersloth wasn’t bothered about Impostors having the same concept as Among Us; its developers were peeved that Epic Games failed to put its own spin on the idea and copied Innersloth’s mechanics and layout.
It looks like both companies have shaken hands since then because not only has Epic Games publicly acknowledged being inspired by Among Us, it’s also teasing a collaboration with Innersloth.
See the exchange below.
Peely Party!
Impostor’s mode, inspired by the hit @AmongUsGame, received some updates in v18.20 including:
Role Bias – Agent or Impostor? Get a better chance of getting the role you want
Open Voice Chat Playlist – Discuss who’s being shadyInfo: https://t.co/K30kDK1mLi
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) October 12, 2021
— Among Us (@AmongUsGame) October 12, 2021
Hey @AmongUsGame! Since you’re here we’ve got something we wanted to ask you.
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) October 12, 2021
oh? whats up?
— Among Us (@AmongUsGame) October 12, 2021
Big fans! We never got to talk about how you inspired us. What do you think about working on something fun together sometime?
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) October 12, 2021
yesssss have ur Agents contact our Crewmates
— Among Us (@AmongUsGame) October 12, 2021
To our DMs!
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) October 12, 2021
This wasn’t the first time Epic Games was accused of plagiarism. PlayerUnknown’s Battleground developer PUBG Corp previously threatened to sue the developer for ripping off its battle royale mode. However, things eventually cooled down.
We’ll update our readers when the aforementioned collaboration is officially announced.
