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Before Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout would become the breakout surprise hit video game of 2020 before Among Us arrived on the scene. Before Tim, The Tat Man would hit trending on Twitter with his 8 days saga where he attempted to win a single game! Before Fall Guys would provide endless inspiration for YouTubers looking to recreate the series in the real world, including Nadeshot and the Sideman. There is no way on earth you haven't heard of the massive rise in popularity of Fall Guys which took over Steam, Twitch, and internet meme's for August and into September of pandemic 2020. For those just tuning in, well 60 players have to survive colorful obstacle courses with only one being the victor. Sounds easy right? Well for gaming superstar Tim The Tatman it took 8 days before he took home his first W and when that happened the entire world watched in celebration.
That brings us up to date with its meteoric rise to the top of the gaming charts a couple of weeks back but its history and the idea is actually loosely based on 1980's Japanese shows including It's a Knockout or the more widely known Tekashi Castle. Fall Guys, well the game's launch date was a disaster with fans crashing the server and the company was nervous as a number of their past releases hadn't done so great. But it was early adaptors like Soddapoppin, xQc, Lyric, Mizkif, Forsen, and others who had been given early access to the BETA had already proven to the masses that this was a game too fun and easy not to miss out on.