According to recent updates, Devolver Digital’s multiplayer mayhem Fall Guys will be getting a native PS5 version soon.
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, Devolver Digital and Mediatonic’s multiplayer smash hit, continues to be a hit. It was a surprise hit in 2020, thanks to its fast-paced platformer gameplay, which attracted a large number of fans and players via word-of-mouth and Twitch streamers. Many collaborations in the form of costumes have also been seen in the game, with properties such as Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sonic the Hedgehog, and many others being represented.
Fall Guys was a huge hit on the PS4, thanks in part to the fact that it was a free PS Plus game at launch. While it was available, Fall Guys even set a new world record for the most downloaded PS Plus title. Fall Guys appears to be destined for another PlayStation platform, as recent updates indicate that the game will be released on Sony’s next-generation console, the PS5.
The Twitter account @PlayStationSize made this discovery, where they keep track of games coming to PlayStation consoles and how much space they will take up. The account discovered a new Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout beta in the PlayStation 5 database, complete with a game thumbnail bearing the beta moniker.
Fall Guys, like other PS4 games, can be played on the PS5 via backward compatibility, which takes advantage of the console’s Game Boost feature. This discovery, however, suggests that it will be native to the PS5, allowing the game to take advantage of the console’s additional features. The account also mentions that the Beta version will not be available to the general public, so the PS5 native version could arrive sooner rather than later.
The game is currently available on PS4 and PC, with Nintendo Switch and Xbox versions for Fall Guys set to release next year. Fall Guys’ likely PS5 release is one of the reasons why other versions of the game were delayed until 2022, as the developers were working on crossplay features for all versions.
Since the release of Fall Guys, the developers have been looking to include crossplay, so it’s likely that fans will be able to play against each other regardless of console at some point soon.