There’s an impostor among us
Fortnite Impostorsis a new game mode getting added to Epic’s massive video gameFortnitetoday. And if you’ve played something likeTown ofSalemorAmong Usbefore, it’s going to sound familiar.
Set for ten players, eight Agents try to complete tasks and maintain The Bridge while two Impostors work to undermine them. The Agents of the Imagined Order have to do special Assignments, which involves activities like repairing the Battle Bus or calibrating chests, and can win by completing all of them or voting out the Impostors.
The Impostors, meanwhile, want to eliminate Agents and take control, using special abilities like freezing Assignment progress and teleporting all players to different locations in order to stay hidden. They also have some Assignments to do, to blend in, and players can call a quorum to vote someone out if they discover a body.
Epic also said intoday’s announcementthat special emotes have been added for debates inFortnite Impostors, so you’re able to use Emotes and Quick Chat to ask questions and cast suspicions. I like that they thought this far ahead, those I was hoping that dances like flossing would just become shorthand for accusing someone.
So yes, theFortnite Impostorsmode is pretty similar toAmong Us, the extremely popular impostor game. It’s actually not the first time that Epic has featured an impostor-style game withinFortnite, either. Last year, Epicspotlighted a custom game modecalled “The Spy Within” that had similar gameplay.
Adding an actualWerewolf-style game mode in the form ofFortnite Impostorsmakes sense, to draw in players and also bolsterFortniteas a social place to play and hang out. Aside from big, universe-ending events andAriana Grande concerts,Fortnitewill now have a game of trust and betrayal to play, too.
Note:This article has been updated to reflect that Fortnite Impostors is a new mode, not a new limited-time mode.
