The bigger they are…
Something large is on the way for Fall Guys, it seems. Developer Mediatonic announced today that they’re hosting a Fall Guys stream event on May 16, teasing it as “The Big Announcement.”
The stream will take place on YouTube and Twitch, going live on May 16 at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT.
🚨 THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ™ 🚨
🗓️ 16th of May
⏰ 18:00 BST📺 W H E R E ?
YouTube: https://t.co/bGKEHjiQPh
Twitch: https://t.co/ET3QrsrlrHAlso on Twitter, TikTok… everywhere
❤️ this tweet to be automatically notified when the announcement is live! 👀 pic.twitter.com/JbZOzY4TQJ
— Fall Guys (@FallGuysGame) May 12, 2022
Mediatonic isn’t saying anything else about it at this time, other than it’s a “big” announcement. The studio has been teasing a bit on social media, but as far as concrete details go, we’ll have to wait to know for sure.
…the harder they Fall Guys
There’s room to speculate, of course, on what this Fall Guys stream may contain. The platformer royale has been gradually adding content ever since its first launch, with new seasons bringing new minigames and physics-based mayhem to the party.
Mediatonic did PC and PlayStation cross-platform lobbies working in Fall Guys fairly recently. Alongside that news, the team also addressed the potential Xbox and Switch versions that have been floating around for some time. They were in the works and on the way, just not arriving with that update. A decent guess at a “big” announcement for Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout would be the party platformer coming to Nintendo Switch and Xbox consoles.
Or it could be yet another surprising, sometimes baffling crossover with a major property. If covering Fall Guys over the years has taught me anything, it’s expect the unexpected.
With that in mind, I’m just interested in hearing what the team’s working on. There was a good summer where I was infatuated with Fall Guys and though the daily call has dissipated, it’s still a game where I won’t say no to playing a round or two. It’s a novel concept that’s worked really well with iteration, and I’m down for more excuses to get sent flying off platforms by giant mallets and obstacles.
