A serious Fall Guys announcement is coming subsequent week, and followers are speculating about what the longer term holds for the sport. Whereas the sport was stylish when it was launched in August 2020, it’s largely fallen out of the general public consciousness since then. Epic Video games acquired developer Mediatonic in March 2021, and a brand new launcher was not too long ago launched that requires gamers to hyperlink an Epic Video games account. Many are assuming that figures into the announcement one way or the other.
Followers theorize Fall Guys goes free-to-play
🚨 THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ™ 🚨
🗓️ sixteenth of Could
⏰ 18:00 BST📺 W H E R E ?
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— Fall Guys (@FallGuysGame) May 12, 2022
One of many extra astonishing issues in regards to the early success of Fall Guys is that it’s a paid sport. In its first month, the sport bought 7 million copies on Steam alone, which equals out to be round $140,000,000 in gross income. Nonetheless, it additionally noticed a major increase by being included with PS Plus, the place it turned probably the most downloaded month-to-month sport of all time.
Nonetheless, the sport shortly misplaced momentum. Regardless of excessive gross sales, it peaked at 172,213 concurrent players on Steam (PlayStation numbers aren’t obtainable). After the conclusion of its massively profitable advertising and marketing marketing campaign, which centered round prime influencers, curiosity light, and the sport hasn’t managed to interrupt 30,000 concurrents on Steam since October 2020. It’s seen (very) minor spikes when new seasons have dropped, however its viewers is continuous to say no.
It is smart if the massive announcement is that Fall Guys goes free-to-play. It’s all the time appeared prefer it was designed to be F2P, and Epic Video games is probably going following the identical playbook it did with Rocket League. I additionally wouldn’t be stunned if there’s some form of crossover occasion with Fortnite to commemorate the event. We would get some information in regards to the delayed Xbox and Swap variations as nicely.
Regardless, we’ll know what the massive Fall Guys announcement is quickly. It’ll be revealed on Monday, Could 16 at 1 PM ET.
In different information, EA is playing the long con with Battlefield 2042, and PS Plus Premium may include Shadow Hearts.
