COVID-19 has dismantled the very concept of the third place; the social environments which offer crucial spaces of connection and respite between our home lives and our work lives. With the pandemic squishing those latter two spheres into one, while ruling out the prospects of even attending most of our …
Read More »Epic Games buys Fall Guys developer
Fall Guys developer Mediatonic has been purchased by Epic Games, according to the Epic Newsroom announcement (opens in new tab). The news broke Tuesday, March 2 by Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier (opens in new tab), then followed up shortly after by the official Fall Guys Twitter account (opens in new tab) …
Read More »ll Guys devs are working on bringing it to other platforms
Fall Guys devs are working to get the game available on “every major platform”. That’s according to a Mediatonic interview with gamesindustry.biz (opens in new tab). Currently, Fall Guys is only available on PS4, PS5 via backwards compatibility, and PC, but rumors have consistently swirled about it coming to Xbox …
Read More »Fall Guys gets a Sonic the Hedgehog skin later today
You’ll be able to dress up as Sonic the Hedgehog in Fall Guys very soon, because blue blur is coming to the game later today. Earlier this week, developer Mediatonic unveiled the new Sonic skin for Fall Guys in a livestream with Sega. You can check out the Sonic skin …
Read More »Lego Fall Guys fan animation looks incredible in (stop) motion
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout has been recreated in stop motion Lego, and the result is pretty amazing. Animator TheJumiFilm (opens in new tab) posted a short recreation of the Door Dash stage earlier this week, and it’s faithful to both Lego and Fall Guys. It stars a smaller lobby of …
Read More »A new Portal-inspired Fall Guys costume is now available
Those Fall Guys (opens in new tab) rumours were true – the world’s favourite jumping jellybeans have partnered with Valve to introduce new Portal-flavoured costumes to the game, the first being Portal 2’s P-Body. As is typically the case with Fall Guys skins, the top and bottom halves are available …
Read More »Royale rumble: How Mediatonic created “the perfect blend of chaos and skill” in Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
“What would battle royale be like if you’re rubbish at what you’re trying to do?” It’s a question that, sadly, I don’t have to think too hard about for an answer (it looks like my character meeting the blades of a chopper in Warzone after a miserable attempt at sniping …
Read More »Fall Guys devs talk goofy game show inspiration and do their own obstacle course
The developers of Fall Guys try an obstacle course inspired by their in-game creations in this new video from Devolver Digital. Fall Guys (opens in new tab) is coming to PS4 tomorrow as the second half of the free PS Plus games (opens in new tab) for August (along with …
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