Update 1PM BST: Fall Guys servers are coming back online, with the team “ramping up” the capacity as we type. If you’re having issues after this point, just be patient and things should hopefully improve over the next half hour or so.
HOOT! We're ramping up traffic now. Things are looking good. Apologies again for the extended downtime, but thank you for being so patient! Go fall! #revitalisedbeef
— Fall Guys Server Owl (@FallGuysOwl) August 27, 2020
UPDATE 11:20AM BST: The server maintenance should have finished by now but Mediatonic are running a little behind and the game will be offline for around another hour, so check back around 12.15pm.
HOOT! Maintenance is running a little behind schedule – there are a couple more tweaks before we can turn things back on. We may need another hour… we'll let you know when we're good to go! Thanks again! #carefulbeef
— Fall Guys Server Owl (@FallGuysOwl) August 27, 2020
Original story below…
The Fall Guys Server Owl has tweeted that the game is going offline around now for up to two hours server maintenance, or as they like to call it, “stablebeef”.
HOOT! We have a maintenance window tomorrow starting about 08:30 UTC 27th August. We'll be back as fast as we can, but it may take up to 2 hours. We'll let you know once it's done and looking good! Thank you – we'll put our fastest pants on! #stablebeef
— Fall Guys Server Owl (@FallGuysOwl) August 26, 2020
While you are waiting why not watch this new video as, like all good things, Fall Guys has a LEGO tribute!
There’s also a campaign to get a proper LEGO set based on the game in the shops, you can check that out here, and Fall Guys season 2 will be revealed today as part the Gamescom #OpeningNightLive.
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout has become the most downloaded PlayStation Plus title ever. That’s no mean feat considering the high standard of games that have been on the service including Uncharted remasters, The Last of Us, and Star Wars Battlefront II.
If you were hoping for a mobile version then you should know that Senior Analyst at Niko Partners, Daniel Ahmad, tweeted “Chinese games and entertainment company Bilibili has secured the rights to publish a mobile version of Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout in China.” The Bilibili website confirms the news and reveals a slight name change, in China it will be known as “Jelly Bean: Ultimate Knockout”, but it will only be available in China for the moment.
Fall Guys has been an absolute sensation for the team at developer Mediatonic and publisher Devolver Digital, with the companies revealing that they’ve sold over 2 million copies on Steam in the game’s first week. That’s before you take into account however many people have been playing via PlayStation 4, where it’s free on PlayStation Plus in August. However, that has also led to some major server issues around launch, with an entire day being effectively wiped out on Friday, as they shored up the servers and added capacity ahead of the weekend. Thankfully things have been fairly steady since then.
We posted our Fall Guys review earlier this month, saying:
Full of cute and cuddly jelly beans bumbling into each other in a race for the crown, Fall Guys is just about the most wholesome battle royale imaginable, and a whole lot of fun.
Fall Guys is out now for PlayStation 4 and PC via Steam.
Source: Twitter
MrYd
If Fall Guys was built in the same engine used by the 3041 Lego games already in existence, I’d buy it. I’d even overlook the many problems the game has if it was done in Lego. And had a working jump button.