In an illuminating series of tweets, Fall Guys developer Mediatonic has revealed that, as part of its early anti-cheat efforts, it was secretly exiling unsavoury sorts to battle it out together on a special Cheater Island - but that a more robust anti-cheat solution is coming in its next update.
As the official (and spicy) Fall Guys Twitter account explains it, Mediatonic launched its knockabout smash hit with its own anti-cheat protection system that, initially at least, just lived in the background, identifying, but not yet banning, those engaged in illicit practices.
Once the developer was certain all was right and that the system wasn't producing false flags, it quietly launched Fall Guys Cheater Island, which it describes as "a magical place where cheaters could happily compete against themselves for the Cheater's Crown," before clarifying, "Literally just a normal crown but tainted with a hollow feeling of guilt and regret".
