Fall Guys dev Mediatonic acquired by Epic Games TonicEpic Games have acquired Tonic Games Group, the parent company for Mediatonic, the developers of 2020\u2019s smash hit party game Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. Tonic Games have found a \u2018home\u2019 with Epic Games, and said the two companies share each others\u2019 vision for Fall Guys, and similar titles, in regards to long-term development. \u201cAt Tonic Games Group we often say that \u2018everyone deserves a game that feels like it was made for them.\u2019\u201d Tonic Games Group Co-Founder and CEO, Dave Bailey said. \u201cWith Epic, we feel like we have found a home that was made for us. They share our mission to build and support games that have a positive impact, empower others and stand the test of time and we couldn\u2019t be more excited to be joining forces with their team.\u201d Gonna earn all the Crowns in @FallGuysGame now! Welcome to the Epic Family @Mediatonic and FallGuys \ud83c\udf89 https:\/\/t.co\/EjXDjPIMyB \u2014 Fortnite (@FortniteGame) March 2, 2021 As far as Fall Guys goes, Epic said that \u201cgameplay isn\u2019t changing,\u201d but fans can expect the publisher to push its strategy for building a \u2018metaverse\u2019 through the party game while adding highly-requested features. \u201cIt\u2019s no secret that Epic is invested in building the metaverse and Tonic Games shares this goal,\u201d Epic Games Founder and CEO, Tim Sweeney said explained. \u201cAs Epic works to build this virtual future, we need great creative talent who know how to build powerful games, content and experiences.\u201d This could include lucrative collaborations like Epic Games\u2019 other suite of titles such as Fortnite and Rocket League who\u2019ve embarked on major commercial collaborations that span the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Ford F-150, among many others. Fall Guys already has skins for popular creators like Mr Beast and Ninja, with other cosmetics for Steam\u2019s Half-Life: Alyx. A Fortnite and Fall Guys content crossover was previously leaked, giving a better idea of Epic\u2019s plan to build out a metaverse with their newest property as soon as possible. Tonic Games will also be working to get features like \u201caccount systems, cross-play, squad vs squad modes\u201d and more to Fall Guys. Fall Guys is currently available on PlayStation and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store. The company is set to release the game on Nintendo Switch and Xbox in mid-2021, and an Epic Games Store launch is now expected. PC players will still be able to play and get regular updates for Fall Guys on Steam, though language suggests it will make a transition to the Epic Games Store soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fall Guys dev Mediatonic acquired by Epic Games TonicEpic Games have acquired Tonic Games Group, the parent company for Mediatonic, the developers of 2020\u2019s smash hit party game Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. Tonic Games have found a \u2018home\u2019 with Epic Games, and said the two companies share each others\u2019 vision for Fall Guys, and similar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}