Jackbox Game Announces Jackbox Party Pack 9 For Fall

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One of the most popular party game franchises in the industry is coming back with a ninth entry. Today, Jackbox Games announced that next game in the franchise, The Jackbox Party Pack 9, is currently in development. Fans of this franchise have had plenty of mini-games in the Jackbox Party Pack to play, where they could be new iterations on classic games, or sequels to existing ones. These range from testing players' trivia knowledge, to drawing a piece of art that players in a room can judge.

Last year, Jackbox Party Pack 8 was released to generally favorable reviews, with fan-favorite games like Drawful getting an evolution into Drawful Animate. Along with this revised version of a classic game, there are also brand-new games included, such as Job Job. A total of five mini-games are included in this collection, as standard with other entries in the Jackbox Party Pack franchise. This mini-game count consistency will continue in this next entry as well.

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This game was announced on Jackbox Games' official website, in a blog post written by the developers. It states that all the games for The Jackbox Party Pack 9 will be new games, though noting that they are all in the «incubation phase» in reference to the chicks theme of the game. Despite the early development of these mini-games, the developers are ensuring that they will be ready for the fall.

The blog post gives some hints of the mini-games that players can expect in The Jackbox Party Pack 9, noting that one of them will be making an «innovative return.» No hints were given about which one of the games will be making a return, though it's possible it could be one of the games that haven't