Fall Guys remains a popular online multiplayer game, which is no surprise given it was (and still is) the most downloaded PlayStation Plus game ever. In the time since those crazy first couple of weeks, developer Mediatonic has been scooped up by Epic Games, which also took over publishing duties from Devolver Digital. It's for this reason, as far as we can tell, that there will soon be a new launcher for the game on PS4.
What does that mean, exactly? Essentially, after a certain date in the near future, you will need to fire up Fall Guys from this new client rather than the app you use right now. If you want to keep playing Fall Guys, you will need to re-download the game, as the old launcher will eventually cease to work.
From 5th April, the new launcher will go live on PlayStation Store. If you already own the game, this new version of Fall Guys should appear automatically in your Game Library, and your save data and all content will transfer. Download the new launcher as you would any other game. This will be how you access the game going forward, and from the aforementioned date, the old launcher icon will be greyed out so you know which to use. From 9th May, it will no longer work, so you will need to download the new version of the game if you want to keep playing.
This all seems like a bit of a faff, but Mediatonic is sweetening the deal with the promise of a free outfit. After you've got the new launcher installed and ready, you'll be able to claim a shark costume free of charge from the in-game shop.
Are you still enjoying Fall Guys on PS4? Tumble into the comments section below.
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This seems dumb.
Unless there’s some mentally dangerous bug that threatens to brick playstations, I’m struggling to think of a reason why this could be necessary.
It would be interesting to hear from a technical standpoint why they're having to do this, though that's possibly not something they want to reveal.
Is this still popular? (genuine question, not a dig). Feels like they have really missed the boat by not making this multiplat yet. Where on Earth is the Switch version? Will anyone still be playing when it finally comes out?
@get2sammyb There is precedent of sorts for this... remember the Sherlock Holmes games had to be resubmitted after the rights reverted to it's devs & the former publisher refused to hand access over to it?
Although somewhat different,it might be the store backend,or maybe things needed to be linked through to Epic in future,(Epic account,perhaps ala Fortnite)?🤔
@Robocod That's true. Good shout!
I actually was hoping for a PS5 version...
Some effects are so pretty on PC.
What's the point of this?
States just PS4 but maybe also for ps5 users?
Strange, Rocket league / pubg went F2P and sony dropped the PS+ requirement, Destiny 2 went F2P and sony did not drop the requirement. I imagine this F2P status is the reason
And here I was, thinking we play games on consoles in part so that we don’t have to deal with multiple launchers to play them.
Weird, this should really be a thing of the past. They should be able to symlink the two somehow, there shouldn't be too many differences between the two packages… :S I'm interested, but probably not enough. This can hurt the player base and then I'll be stuck playing with people on the other side of the globe with bad latency … so, I guess I'm no longer interested (that is until it is revitalized and everyone starts talking about it).
I have no interest in this game but this makes me angry that Devs forces people to redownload or install huge patches, people still have to deal with data caps or low speeds, it frustrates me till no end 😤😤
@Ooccoo_Jr it does have full cross-play these days at least. It’s still fun a few games with friends.
Got the plat this past weekend so I don't have to deal with this absurd mess.
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