Falls Guys is now officially the most popular game of 2020. At least it is for PS Plus. Today Fall Guys became officially the most downloaded game of 2020 on PS Plus;
As of today, Fall Guys is the most downloaded PS Plus game of all time on a global basis.
Congrats to @Mediatonic! pic.twitter.com/ESMHBFJlho
— PlayStation UK (@PlayStationUK) August 26, 2020
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But a rising popularity comes with its own set of consequences. Cheaters and hackers have thronged the game since it has gone popular. And to see people cheat in a bean jumping battle royale takes away all the fun.
I ACTUALLY JUST BEAT A HACKER IN FALL GUYS LMFAOOOOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/KFT3MEOXvR
— Wilde 👑 (@KeepItWilde) August 21, 2020
For a while, MediaTonic was silent about the hackers in the game. This was probably because of the unprecedented hype this game suddenly received. Devs have previously confessed they didn’t expect such a huge response at launch. Therefore, they are a bit slow in resolving issues.
In those scenarios, we have even seen players collectively going against hackers. This game just gives out positive vibes in every way possible;
This restored my faith in humans for the day @FallGuysGame pic.twitter.com/DKL3ORKcFZ
— Teo (@TeosGame) August 22, 2020
But the devs have spoken, and cheaters will now be taken care of more efficiently. A couple of days ago they confirmed that manual reporting of cheaters is no longer required.
Cheaters at the moment can finish the game. In the recent future, however, we can expect immediate bans to take place in between games.
Dealing with cheaters is a top priority for us
At the moment, when a cheater is detected, they are able to finish the current show before being blocked
We are going to start taking more immediate action soon
As mentioned before: It isn't necessary to manually report cheaters
— Fall Guys 👑 (@FallGuysGame) August 24, 2020
Plus MediaTonic reports they have discovered an exploit on Steam. Cheaters are using Family Sharing to evade the anti-cheat. For this reason, it will be disabled until a fix is found.
We discovered cheaters were using Family-Sharing to get around our banning system on Steam by creating new accounts and sharing with themselves, so we've unfortunately had to disable that for now.
It should massively help with the cheating issues though!
— Fall Guys 👑 (@FallGuysGame) August 25, 2020
With so many positive changes around the anti-cheat, we can expect fairer games in the recent future.
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Fall Guys Season 2 reveal tomorrow
Fall Guys Season 2 has now been confirmed. We are just one day away from the reveal. The World Premiere sneak peek is going to take place at Gamescom tomorrow at 11 am PT.
Fall Guys is great and all….but what if I told you there is @FallGuysGame: Season 2! 👑 😮🤯
Don't miss the world premiere sneak peek from @Mediatonic during @gamescom Opening Night Live.
Thursday, August 27 at 8 pm CEST / 2 pm ET / 11 am PT at https://t.co/AFycLZXKPd pic.twitter.com/WQB08qadhb
— Geoff Keighley 🔜 Opening Night Live (@geoffkeighley) August 21, 2020
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There are rumors that MediaTonic will launch Fall Guys for Xbox and Nintendo as well. Watch this space for more updates.