Fall Guys' future could be in doubt because of Fortnite

, by Thibaut

Fall Guys' future could be in doubt because of Fortnite

Since its launch in August 2020, Fall Guys has managed to attract millions of players thanks to its concept, both accessible and entertaining. It's a success that Epic didn't let go, since the American giant acquired Mediatonic (the game's creators) in 2021.

This week, Epic Games made an intriguing announcement. Indeed, all the elements, characters and animations, from Fall Guys will be included in the Unreal Editor for Fortnite in May, so we will be able to create our own Fall Guys levels directly in Fortnite, to a degree that the existence of Mediatonic's title as a game in its own right could be called into question.

A spokesperson for Epic has dismissed this hypothesis, stating that development of Fall Guys as we know it today will continue. All this before adding that *"If we started Fall Guys development over today, we'd do it inside Fortnite. But we are where we are, we don't have anything to announce right now

Source: eurogamer.net

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