Fall Guys Studio Mediatonic ‘Decimated’ By Mass Layoffs At Epic Games

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The mass layoffs at Epic Games which saw 830 employees lose their jobs and another 250 pawned off to newly-spun out companies apparently included most of Mediatonic’s employees. The studio is best known as the developer of cutesy platformer battle royale Fall Guys and was acquired by Epic Games back in 2021. According to several Mediatonic developers, the studio was [...]

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Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout Is Going Free-To-Play And Being Pulled From Steam

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Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, Mediatonic’s bouncy bean battle royale, is going free-to-play and will introduce cross-progression and cross-play across all available platforms. That includes the Epic Games Store for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch. Notice that Steam is missing from the list? Well, Mediatonic has announced its plans to pull the game [...]

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Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout Kicks Off Festival-Themed ‘Party Spectacular’ Season

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Grab your party hats and costumes and get ready to run giant obstacle courses in the latest season of Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. Season 6, dubbed Party Spectacular, is now live in the platformer battle royale, transforming the Blunderdome into a festival-themed arena and bringing 5 new Rounds, 25 new costumes, and a new Fame Path reward track. Mediatonic is [...]

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Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout Heads To The Jungle When Season 5 Kicks Off Later Today

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Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, Mediatonic’s adorable bouncy bean battle royale, is doing away with the 80’s disco neon theme and his heading for the wild tropical jungles when Season 5 kicks off later today. “Get ready to stumble in the jungle! Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout Season 5 is tumbling out on July 20th, fully-equipped with an adventurous new theme featuring [...]

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Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout Season 4 Brings New 80’s Arcade-Style Neon-Themed Content

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Season 4 of Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is now live bringing new 80’s arcade-style neon content to the smash hit MOBA. The new season features 7 new neon-filled obstacle courses, including the 60-player Skyline Stumble gauntlet which offers a fresh set of obstacles such as low gravity zones, lasers, and force fields. Players can also take on the new challenges [...]

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Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout Goes Medieval When Season 2 Kicks Off On Thursday

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The latest battle royale sensation, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, will be going medieval when Season 2 arrives on October 8th. The new season will introduce cosmetic bundles featuring outfits inspired by popular medieval fantasy tropes including the knight, witch, wizard, and of course, the dragon. A host of other medieval fantasy content will also be added including themed rounds, a [...]

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Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout Gets Off To A Rocky Start But Manages To Pull In Over 1.5M Players

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Mediatonic and Devolver Digital’s chaotic multiplayer obstacle course, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, got off to a rocky start (Surprise! Surprise!) when they tried to quietly bring the PC servers online and was promptly swamped by at least 120k players in just a few hours. The unexpected influx of players forced the developers to beef up their servers to keep up [...]

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