The Guys Do Kinda Fall Sometimes Though
So, Fall Guys has just gone free to play! It’s even got crossplay now, so you can play with your friends no matter where they’re based. After migrating its PC version from Steam to the Epic Games Store, the game’s servers prepared to face the boosted population numbers, and… players struggled to leave the basic menu. Lobbies became impossible to fill – not because of too few people, but because of too many.
Of course, the developers of Fall Guys, Mediatonic, were quick to explain the crash. The results of which are displayed alongside a helpful diagram in the following tweet:
we are aware that some players are unable to matchmake right now!
to celebrate our Free for All launch, I baked us a cake, but I dropped it on the servers and now i am cleaning up the frosting from the computery bits
will bake us a new cake though
thanks for your patience!!!! pic.twitter.com/3VtHlBqjEc
— Fall Guys… FREE FOR ALL TODAY! 👑 (@FallGuysGame) June 21, 2022
After some quick fixes, the Fall Guys twitter account made a follow-up post:
Okay, so, got some of the frosting, got some of the ants
Say 54% of the frosting and 44% of the ants
Servers are starting to look better but there may be some teething issues whilst all bajillion of you try to play at once
Thanks for baring with us as we continue fixing it!! pic.twitter.com/3JzzRNYr27
— Fall Guys… FREE FOR ALL TODAY! 👑 (@FallGuysGame) June 21, 2022
The server issues have been more or less resolved by this point, though some lingering cracks are showing. Other parts of the game, including the in-game shop, have caused problems for some players. Once again, Fall Guys had another helpful diagram to illustrate the problem:
we have taken the Daily section of the store down for a few hours
there was a haunted item causing issues
we are performing the ritual needed to rid us of the spirit
spoopy pic.twitter.com/lndqEytiVN
— Fall Guys… FREE FOR ALL TODAY! 👑 (@FallGuysGame) June 22, 2022