The servers of party game Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout have succumbed to the attention a number of times. The game launched yesterday and is free for PlayStation Plus members.
The game is sort of a battle royale version of a game show like Takeshi’s Castle of Wipeout. Players have to survive all kinds of bizarre obstacles and win strange games in different rounds. In the end, one winner remains.
Fall Guys was already extremely popular on Twitch during the beta and now also appears to appeal to many players after release. The developer indicates on Twitter that the number of players is far above the most positively estimated number.
The matchmaking was therefore disabled several times yesterday while the servers were strengthened. The Twitter account reports that the biggest problems have now been resolved. However, for some players, the improvements did not come fast enough. The developer reports that the game has fallen victim to review bombing on Steam, with many players quickly leaving a negative review while the servers were down.
đ¨ We're going to switch off matchmaking for 30 mins so that we can BEEF the servers up to MAXIMUM BEEF
— Fall Guys đ (@FallGuysGame) August 4, 2020
We've basically skyrocketed right past our 'absolute highest number of expected players for the entire day' đ
We just need 30 mins to brace ourselves and we should be đđ
We're currently being review-bombed on Steam... âšī¸
— Fall Guys đ (@FallGuysGame) August 4, 2020
We're working really hard to get running smoothly for SO MANY players!
We know it's super frustrating, but if you could hold off from negatively reviewing - Until you get chance to play the game, it would really help us out âĨī¸
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is now available on PC and PlayStation 4.