Fall Guys is joining fellow battle royale games like Fortnite and PUBG Battlegrounds in the free games realm. Mediatonic finally confirms a Fall Guys free-to-play release, with the new Season 1 start date down for next month.
Fall Guys released back in August 2020 and always had an upfront cost, but ever since Fortnite publisher Epic bought developer Mediatonic a year ago there has been speculation that the studio would make the multiplayer game free-to-play - which, of course, has been incredibly successful for Fortnite.
Well, that's now the case. Fall Guys is going free-to-play in June, and will also launch across consoles and the Epic Games Store with full cross-play and cross-progression support. Anyone who bought the game prior to it going F2P will get the Legacy Pack DLC, containing a number of cosmetic items, and the first season pass for free. The game's free progression path with the Kudos currency will remain intact, apparently, although it will work alongside a new currency called Show-Bucks. Players can use this to buy the season pass, which is described as a "supercharged version" of the normal unlock route.
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