The Jackbox Party Packs are getting a much-needed quality of life improvement — a singular source from which all Jackboxes may flow. Today, Jackbox Games announced The Jackbox Megapicker, a free product for Steam that allows players to put their various Game Packs under one umbrella. The Megapicker will release in July.
As a regular Jackbox Games host, I can attest this has been sorely needed. There are a lot of minigames over the 10 Jackbox Party Packs — over 50, in fact, and while some of them are made redundant by sequels, there’s still a couple of games from every pack worth revisiting.
That variety is why Jackbox is such a party pleaser. Guesspionages is a clever little guessing game that’s novel and not too competitive, while Survive the Internet allows for my friends and I to assail each other with the worst possible takes imaginable. Push the Button is a chaotic experience with lots of yelling and blaming, while Job Job is a much more chill and goofy experience. There’s something for everyone.
But when playing with friends, it immediately becomes awkward to have to shut the stream down, open up a new Party Pack, check and make sure Extended Timers is toggled on, and restart the stream. Admittedly it’s a pretty small gripe in the grand scheme of things, but it’s one that’s persisted for a decade, so the Megapicker is a nice thing to have. The developers will be hosting an AMA on Reddit closer to the launch, where they will share more information and answer fan questions.
