Among Us Cosmicubes Update Out Now, Adds New Roles And Currencies

Developer Innersloth has revealed that the new Cosmicubes update for Among Us is now live, and it brings new roles, currencies, and more to the online social multiplayer game. 

You’d be hardpressed to find someone who’s not at least heard of Among Us. An indie darling that especially blew up due to its ability to bring people together during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Among Us has continued to receive a steady flow of updates over the past year. The latest is the Cosmicubes update, and it’s now live on any platform where you can play Among Us. 

“This is just to make money, isn’t it?” the update trailer cheekily asks. “Yup, we live in a capitalistic society – money for updates, server costs, team wages, survival, therapy, food, boba, and a new game.” 

Now, it’s unclear if Innersloth is actually teasing a new game or simply stating that it’s working on a new game, which makes sense considering the studio is a video game development studio. You make games in order to make more. But that’s just a quick glimpse from the brief five-minute update trailer. 

First half of trailer focuses upon the store and the usable currencies within Among Us. There are Airship Pods (beans), and Stars that can be used in-game. Real-world currency can also be purchased to purchase stars. These can then be used for items, bundles and cosmetics. Playing the game earns you Airship Beans and Pods. The trailer lists killing teammates, completing tasks, guessing correctly, and winning rounds as some ways to earn Pods and Beans in-game. 

Beans are used to buy bundles, items and Cosmicubes. Cosmicubes can be unlocked by using Airship Pods. Within those cubes you will find cosmetics as well as other items that can be used elsewhere within Among Us. All of these new currencies can be used in the in-game Among Us store, too, which is where you can purchase additional cosmetics and the like. 

These currencies can be joined to the game as in-game achievements. This will unlock cosmetics and nameplates as well as visor cosmetics. You also have the option to link among Us accounts. 

Trailer shows four new roles, including Scientist, Shapeshifter Engineer and Guardian Angel. The Scientist can check in on the vitals of fellow crewmates so if one appears dead on their tablet, the Scientist can alert the rest of the crew that someone’s been killed even before a body is found. 

Shapeshifters can change their appearance. If they kill someone, they can shapeshift to take on that crewmates’ appearance, which can be used to blend in with the rest of the crew while playing as an imposter. The Engineer can use a map’s many vents as pathways for travel, and the Guardian Angel appears to be a role taken on by a crewmate that’s died. The Guardian Angels are ethereal, with the ability to protect crew members from harm. This trailer shows how someone can survive an Impostor death if they have their shield up. 

It is available on Switch, PC, via Steam, Windows Store and Epic Games Store. This update is expected to be in-game by the time Among Us launches on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 4 later this year. 

While waiting for Among Us to hit new-gen consoles, check out our thoughts on it in Game Informer’s Among Us review and then read about the collaboration being teased between Among Us and Fortnite. You can read this article about an Among Us chicken nugget, which was sold for close to $100,000.  

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