‘Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout’ is one of the biggest indie video game launches of all time

New York (CNN Business)”Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout” has taken the gaming world by storm. The game from indie publisher Devolver Digital has now sold more than 7 million copies on the PC games store Steam and an undisclosed number on PlayStation, putting it well on its way to out-sell some of the most popular video games on the market over a similar one-month launch period. “Fall Guys” might be the most whimsical battle royale there is. You play as a jellybean-like creature, trying to make your way through mazes, jumping challenges and other game show-like activities to become the best out of 60 players. It was released on August 4 and is available on PlayStation 4 and Windows for $19.99. It has hit a peak of 439,000 players at a single time. To put that into perspective, “Fortnite” had 12.3 million players log on for Travis Scott’s in-game concert, it tweeted in April, although Fortnite is on virtually every platform, including Xbox, PS4, Nintendo Switch, macOS and PC, and it throws splashy events that attract fans of music and cinema. In May 2018, it set a new record at the time by racking up $318 million in sales in a… Read full this story

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