Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is one of the most popular games of recent years. Starting today, you can find it for free on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.
[Mis à jour le 21 juin 2022 à 15h03] Halfway between a Battle Royale and a Mario Party, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout quickly became one of the biggest hits of 2020. And for good reason, its unique, fun and light gameplay made us forget for a few moments the pandemic that has clouded the past three years. Add to that colorful art direction, low-key monetization, and reasonable pricing, and you’ll have over eleven million copies sold in just under six months. And there’s a massive publisher that hits like this rarely escape. Epic Games therefore hastened to buy the studio behind the game, Mediatonic, and acquire the rights. A year later, here we are, the game becomes completely free, in addition to landing on Xbox and Switch.
Fall Guys is going totally free
After Epic Games took over Mediatonic a year ago, speculation was rife about the future of Fall Guys. We seriously wondered when it would become completely free-to-play. Because Epic Games has a knack for making essential titles free. We obviously remember the treatment of Rocket League, bought by Epic to be offered exclusively and for free on the Epic Games Store. Well this Monday, Epic Games announced the passage of Fall Guys in free-to-play on June 21. Concretely, the little game will be removed from Steam to be offered exclusively and for free on the Epic Games Store. Reminds you of something?
What if you’ve already purchased Fall Guys?
Mediatonic has of course not forgotten all the players who have already purchased Fall Guys in the past two years. The studio decided to reward them by providing them with an in-game content pack, named Legacy Pack. It will include rare cosmetics and access to the game’s first Season Pass, which will begin with Fall Guys Season One, soon. The game will also keep its free progression system and its currency, the Kudos.
Fall Guys is coming to Nintendo Switch and Xbox consoles
The other announcement that marked Monday evening from Epic Games and Mediatonic was the arrival of Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout on Nintendo Switch and Xbox consoles (Xbox One, Series X and Series X) on the 21st. next June. The game will be entirely and free of charge accessible from the Xbox Store and the Nintendo Store as soon as it becomes free-to-play. We also know that a version specially designed for the Playstation 5 should soon appear.