InnerSloth, developers of the popular online multiplayer chicken nugget-centered story today by sharing what it would look like if the fried morsel could kill. First launched in 2018, Among Us features a deadly struggle between good, hard-working crewmates just trying to keep a spaceship running long enough to reach civilization and murderous imposters intent on killing everyone aboard. A typical game has all the players, whether crewmate or imposter, look identical. However, in this recent social media post, the developers have dropped the chicken nugget imposter’s unsettling form into the game unchanged.
The familiarly shaped piece of poultry started making headlines last week after it was spotted on eBay. It seems the snack was originally served as a part of a special McDonald's meal made in partnership with the famed Korean boy band BTS. Noticing one of the chicken nuggets included in the meal resembled a character from Among Us, one fan decided to put it up for sale. Even though it was listed as in "used" condition, bidding on the fowl bite quickly rose into the tens of thousands. The long bidding war came to an end with the curiously shaped Among Us chicken nugget selling for nearly $100,000.
The Among Us creators, who have been following the auction closely, have decided to pay a “cursed tribute” to the events of the week by whipping up a short video making the valuable chicken nugget an imposter. The nine-second clip is set in The Skeld, one of the game’s earliest and most well-known maps. The video follows a blood-thirsty monstrosity titled "the nugg." In the top left of the screen, the nugg’s list of tasks suggests its only objective is to become more valuable than the real-world nugget that inspired it. Unfortunately, that means certain death for the video’s red crewmate named $100,000. It is hard to tell if the ruthless murder or the face the nugg makes afterward is more unnerving.
Sending fans off into the weekend with an unsettling feeling is something of a trademark for the Among Us Twitter . Today’s display featured ferocious fast food, but the team’s past creations have been arguably more bizarre. Back in April, an image appeared on Among Us’ social media depicting a four-legged crewmate. The developers initially seemed to be threatening to unleash it in the game, though soon after assured fan this would not happen.
There is big news on the horizon for Among Us as the summer season of game announcements begins and that makes it a great time for the developers to lean into the publicity being generated by this chicken nugget story. The team has promised the growing fanbase that the showcase on June 10 will shed light on the game's 15-player update, an update that will help the title better accommodate its new fans.
Among Us is available on iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
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