Among Us servers appear to be back up and running after a weekend of disruption following a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack. After 48 hours+ of zero or limited online play, the Among Us team updated its Twitter account with "servers maybe ok now?", and we've been able to play a game without any issues.
The issue began on Friday evening (25th March), with the developers working on the issue and sharing updates as they worked to get the game back up and running over the weekend.
We'll keep an eye out for confirmation from Innersloth that its servers are back to full stability.
Among Us arrived on Switch in late 2020, having already established itself as an enormous hit on mobile and PC. It actually first launched in 2018, but amidst the global pandemic in 2020 its userbase exploded as players enjoyed its fun take on multiplayer. It's become a notable part of gaming culture, and though its userbase is now lower than the dizzying heights of 18-24 months ago, it's still consistently in the eShop charts and remains popular across platforms.
For those that missed figuring out 'sus' imposters over the weekend, it should now be playable once again.
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God I love these tweets.
"i was supposed to get a croissant" lol
I think someone just vented.
Never played among us, but those tweets resonate with thousands of programmers all over the world XD;;;
This article writes itself lol
I reckon it was an inside job.
When the amount of traffic is sus
Well what do these game companies think will happen. They block the Russian citizens from accessing stuff because their President is a jerk of course this will happen.
@Tasuki just use a vpn lol..
DDosing isn’t hard or Russian exclusive, surprised yet among us team doesn’t have better protection against it.
I have an EU friend who ddos’d the Russian government website bringing it down for a day, (this was a year ago, not related to current events) it’s kinda crazy how simple it is. It sounds like super agent spy stuff but when you see a person stream it and actually do it you wonder how it doesn't happen more often.
These tweets are a breath of fresh air, compared to the deluge of corporate speak which we so often get these days.
I could think of a whole bunch of ways to better use a DDoS attack than on a game that is mostly forgotten by now.
Say what you will about among us, but there twitter is funny!
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