KATWIJK, NETHERLANDS – APRIL 20: Microsoft Corp.’s X-box logo is pictured on a computer screen on April 20, 2020 in Katwijk, Netherlands. (Photo by Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images)
Xbox owners will have to wait a bit longer before they can partake in the game show hijinks of Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. Originally due out in Summer of this year, Mediatonic announced back in April that it would be delayed without mentioning a new window.
It was rumored that Fall Guys would arrive on Xbox with the launch of Season 6 thanks, in part, to the progress made with cross-platform progression and cross-platform play; however, Mediatonic announced that would unfortunately not be the case.
The company promised to share more details with us in 2022, and the original Xbox Wire post was updated to reflect the new 2022 launch window. So it would seem, barring any unforeseen delays, that Fall Guys is now set to launch at some point in 2022.
The delay is disappointing, but it’s important to remember that Mediatonic is still a relatively small studio so bringing the game to other consoles is not as easy as a bigger company. That being said, getting the game on these additional platforms (it’s also coming to Nintendo Switch) continues to be a main priority for Mediatonic.
In the meantime, Fall Guys remains playable only on PlayStation and PC. When it does arrive on Xbox, it will be playable on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. And while this hasn’t even been talked about, I wouldn’t be surprised if it arrives on Xbox as a Game Pass launch title. Doing so would make it free to download for anyone who is an Xbox Game Pass member.
When Fall Guys launched on PlayStation it did so as a PS Plus title. I fully believe this attributed to the game’s success and blowing up to become one of 2020’s surprise hits. If it were to launch as a Game Pass title, it would automatically find a user base which is critical to the success of this type of multiplayer game.
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