Update [Tue 21st Jun, 2022 12:10 BST]: Our review is also now live too! Go give it a read right here before you attempt to take the crown!
Original article [Tue 21st Jun, 2022 11:15 BST]: Fall Guys' long-awaiting Switch release has finally landed! The popular online multiplayer game has launched its free-to-play model, complete with crossplay and cross-progression, today!
Season 1 is free to download now for all players, and anyone who has already bought the game will be entitled to the free Legacy Pack. But other than that, there are a few new rounds and new obstacles that will be dropping for the first time.
Here's everything that's coming to the new release, along with fixes, straight from the official website:
NEW ROUNDS AND OBSTACLES!
Free for All features 7 new Rounds at launch, plus 5 brand new obstacles!
- HEX-A-RING: You’ve heard of Hex-a-Gone, but have you ever tried jumping from tile to tile while the whole floor rotates? That definitely sounds challenging, but you look like you’re up for a challenge!
- VOLLEYFALL: Volleyfall asks, who can knock the ball into the other side of the court without the other players hitting it back into yours? Whoever gets the ball to touch the floor of the other player, wins!
- SPEED CIRCUIT: Speed Circuit brings a new level of chaos and momentum to Fall Guys! Navigate through the obstacles in your way and run three laps around the circuit without being flung into the misty slime.
- TRACK ATTACK: This truly is a gauntlet to test your Fall Guys skills. With obstacles like speed arches, jump ropes and bouncy floors, you’re bound to learn a thing or two. For both experienced and new players, there are so many ways to get to the finish line in this iconic trial of speed and agility.
- BOUNCE PARTY: We all love bouncy castles, but what’s it like to traverse the Blunderdome on one? The new material used in Bounce Party makes the floor very bouncy. One jump and you’re going flying! The bouncy floor can be your friend, or your foe while you bounce through hoops to score points.
- THE SWIVELLER: In this revolving Round, players spawn on a rotating ring and must jump over the oncoming jump ropes to avoid falling into the Slime! Get your jump timing wrong and you’ll be picking pink slime out of your ears for weeks!
- BLAST BALL: Last but definitely not least, welcoming Blast Ball. Players spawn on a platform in the Fall Guys arena, with parts of that platform collapsing over time. Pick up Blast Balls and throw them to knock each other into the slime!
PLUS! We've got one extra-special secret new Round that we're launching later this season, but you'll find out more about that soon!
EVEN MORE NEW THINGS!
- You can now Voice Chat when you’re in a Party with your friends!!!
- New Shows added to Custom Shows (including Stadium Stars)!
- Most Custom Shows can now be started with as little as 2 players - woo!
- We’ve added new rewards including the fabled Golden Dragon to Crown Ranks
- You can now view Crown Rank progression on a separate screen
- You will now have Weekly and Marathon Challenges available to complete alongside Daily Challenge
- New Season Pass with a whopping 100 Tiers, featuring the ability to use Tier Skips!
- All players will automatically have access to unlock 50 tiers!
- New Store layout
- You can now Dive Grab Tails and Crowns!
- Auto Grab! Free for All introduces the ability to grab ledges automatically in-game and this will be enabled for all new players joining us! Beans that have been with us for a while will have the auto grab disabled by default (we don't want to mess up your muscle memory), but you can change that in your Gameplay Settings! All players will now auto-climb grabbed ledges as well
- A prompt will now display when the Crown is present, reminding you to grab it
FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS!
This list is not exhaustive - but here are the top fixes in this update!
- Major optimisations to various areas of memory usage, reducing instances of crashes on PlayStation
- Improvements to PlayStation FPS on object-heavy levels such as Fruit Chute, Slime Climb, Lost Temple and more
- Improvements to tails being grabbed from a distance by players experiencing high latency
- If multiple Squads get 0 points (particularly in modes such as Xtreme Squads) they will be eliminated instead of tying and moving to the next Round Fixed an exploit on tile levels such as Thin Ice, where players could spam jump and avoid breaking tiles (Thin Ice is back!)
- Fixed a Tail Tag exploit where players could stand on a podium and evade capture
- Fixed instances in Royal Fumble where the tail would disappear if the player with it disconnected
- Fixed pipes at the end of Pipe Dream overshooting players over the finish line
- Fixed the Options menu randomly appearing during gameplay on PS4
- Fixed “Multiple Shows Selected” showing when queuing for a single show in a party
- Fixed hoops spawning too high to reach on levels such as Hoopsie Daisy
- Fixed players queueing together being placed into separate Squads
- Fixed instances of players respawning in Xtreme mode
- Fixed Clank appearing yellow instead of Red or Blue in Team Tail Tag
-Fixed Thin Ice music in Finals Marathon
Will you be downloading Fall Guys and playing with your friends today? Let us know in the comments.
Comments 28
It went live much earlier than I expected! Usually games don't go live until the evening in the US.
Excellent, hope they increase the party size at some point too. Should be alot easier to get a large group now it's free
Hey, this is an edited comment. I said a dumb joke about how Fall Guys went free. Please don't ask me anything about this comment, I already have enough people calling me out about it, and I'm just tired of it.
Um, guess my comment was eliminated hahahahaha I need to lay down
Wow, that was quick, If I remember right it does have cross progress?
Cool, guess I'll check it out after work.
It’s mind boggling to me that this came downstairs have split screen multiplayer… it seems like a perfect family game.
Once I finished Talos Principle, I will get right on this.
Guessing the pre-register thingy that you reported here has just disappeared then
@HotGoomba You did also get, y’know, one or two years of playtime for your money.
@Otherboard Yeah, but I could've used that one or two years of playtime doing something else.
Literally in the process of downloading it as we speak, I'm so excited.
@Fizza Same, I hope it runs well.
So if we bought it on the ps4 how do we enter our info on the switch version? Or is there another way to get the player data on it?
Playing it right now, a bit simpler on the visuals than the ps4 version, but it's still a blast
A couple years late there..
Aaaaaaaaaand it requires an Epic Games account, I want to die.
@HotGoomba
Do you say this everytime a game goes on GamePass or PlayStation gives it away monthly? Early adopters always have to pay the most to play
@Fizza
That's because they own the game, and it's cross platform. So that makes sense
@Ferroliquor
Yes but can you play it on the PS4 while taking a *****?
@steventonysmith good point^^ I don't want to pay the ps online services anyway, so I'm happy to play on switch
@steventonysmith No, PS Plus and Game Pass are paid subscriptions. Free to play is, well, free to play. You still have to pay a monthly amount to play the games or keep them.
To be fair, if I buy a game, and it comes to Game Pass or PS Plus (since I have both, yay...) and it's within like six months after I bought it, I'll be a little peeved. Not because they put a game on a service, but because I bought a game when I could've waited a bit to get it with a service. But that's on me. And so is Fall Guys technically, but I do think that I still have the right to be a little bummed out.
@HotGoomba
No I don't think grown adults should be bummed out for paying $20 a year ago and the game eventually going free 2 play. They added it to new platforms, made it cross play and now you can play it on the go (people often forget 5g hotspot can be activated on most phones)
@HotGoomba you should probably stop buying games then. 1-2 years after release you can get most games at less than half price. Wait another 1-2 years and you can get them for a tenner.
@steventonysmith First off, that's immediately assuming I'm a grown adult. Secondly, you're overestimating how "bummed out" I actually am. It's more of a "well that stinks a little, well time to move on" than a "NOOOOOOOOOO". And three, this is kinda on me for not even mentioning this, but I'm happy that this game is available for more people to try out, it's a good game, and playing on the go, even with a bit of loopholes, is great. I'm not some self-absorbed jerk who only thinks of himself, but maybe my initial comment made it out to be that. And if that's the case, that's on me.
@Madao F2P ≠price cut. That's all I'll say. But I know that this'll bite me back later so whatever.
Downloaded at night, but sadly I'll have to wait until after work so I can try this. But it's an addition to the collection I'm looking forward to try.
@HotGoomba Lol it's money that probably would've gone into a title that would just be sitting on the backlog anyways, unless you're one of those rare Nintendolifians that don't have a fat stack of games sitting on their desk, making them feel guilty.
@Abeedo Ok. That's a good point.
I am glad that it came out on switch and is free. I wanted to play it but could not because I only have a switch. I will add this game to my party games like switch sports and Mario party.
@RunGMhx Me and my young son have a blast playing this together.
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