Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is a super casual and fun battle royale game that is heavily inspired by the famous TV show, Takeshi’s Castle. Launched in August of 2020, the game is developed by Mediatonic and published by Devolver Digital.

But unlike other battle royales that mostly revolve around shooting, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout consists of various challenging stages that players need to complete if they want to win the game.

The game instantly became a massive hit after many Twitch streamers played it last year. The game is currently in Season 5. It introduced 6 new Jungle based maps along with the much-requested Duo and Trio queue mode that allows you to play with your friends.

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Since it is an online-only game, players do experience an issue every now and then. Last month, players reported that they were unable to complete the Fall Festival challenges because it was being reset.

And now it seems that another issue has surfaced. Many say that they are unable to play the game on Steam after the latest update. Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout players say the game is not loading beyond the Easy AntiCheat screen.

Many say they have tried updating their graphic drivers, verifying games files, and reinstalling the game but nothing seems to resolve the issue.

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I haven’t been able to launch my game, and I haven’t seen anyone else having this problem. It opens the easy anti-cheat screen, but then the game just closes. I’ve tried Restarting my computer, re-verifying the integrity game files, and uninstalling and reinstalling the game. None of that has worked yet, anyone have any ideas on how to fix it?
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When I try to boot up the game there’s obviously the Easy Anticheat loading screen but it just loads until the end and nothing happens after that, the Easy Anticheat Window is still open and the game isn,t booting up. I tried verifying the integrity of the game files, I tried fixing the Easy Anti Cheat by using EasyAntiCheat_Setup and I tried reinstalling the game, but it still doesn’t work. What can I do now?
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On further investigation, it came to light that Steam recently updated the Beta client on October 6 that was causing some issues with games that use Easy Anti-Cheat. Since Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout uses the same tool, this may be the reason why the game was not working for many.

We have rolled back the Beta update from today (October 7) to be what was released on October 6 to address the issue launching games that use Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC).
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Valve also said that they rolled back the update but the issue still seems to be affecting many. This is really frustrating for those who just want to have some fun playing the game but cannot do so because of Steam messing up.

We hope the Fall Guys not loading issue is resolved as soon as possible. When Valve and Mediatonic fix the issue, we will update this space so make sure to keep an eye out.

Note: We have more such stories in our dedicated Gaming Section so be sure to follow them as well.

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My fascination with technology and computers goes back to the days of Windows XP. Since then, I have been tinkering with OS, mobile phones, and other things. When I am not working on anything, you will find me enjoying video games on some Discord server.

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