Epic Games is buying Fall Guys creator Mediatonic

Fortnite creator Epic Games is acquiring video game studio Mediatonic, the maker of smash hit Fall Guys, for an undisclosed sum, the companies announced on Tuesday. The deal marks one of Epic’s higher-profile acquisitions of late, following its 2019 purchases of social video app Houseparty and Rocket League developer Psyonix.

According to the blog posts and FAQs detailing the announcement, Fall Guys will remain available on Steam, and the developer is still bringing the game to both the Xbox and Nintendo Switch platforms. Epic and Mediatonic say there are no plans right now to make the game (which currently costs $19.99) free-to-play, as Epic did with Rocket League.

Interestingly, Fall Guys is built using the Unity game engine, a rival...

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