The British video game company called Mediatonic, who was the creator of 2020's smash hit Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout has been bought by Epic Games. Mediatonic was founded by two students at Brunel University, and has offices in London, Brighton, and Madrid.

Epic said recently announced versions of Fall Guys for Xbox and Nintendo Switch would go ahead as planned. However, the figures for how much it has bought Fall Guys was not revealed at the moment.

Mediatonic said being bought by the maker of Fortnite was "a huge win for Fall Guys" and other games. Fall Guys was released in mid-2020 and quickly became a hit, with millions of players navigating its crazy-golf-style obstacle courses with their colourful "jellybean" characters in a chaotic battle royale.