The relaunch of MultiVersus earlier this year has not gone the way Warner Bros. were likely hoping, with general sentiment surrounding the game being that it is inferior to the pre-release beta version from prior years. In spite of this, WB appears to be committed to the game in the …
Read More »Warner Bros. acquires MultiVersus studio ‘First Player Games’
The relaunch of MultiVersus earlier this year has not gone the way Warner Bros. were likely hoping, with general sentiment surrounding the game being that it is inferior to the pre-release beta version from prior years. Despite this, it seems the publisher has a great deal of faith in developer …
Read More »Samurai Jack and Beetlejuice are coming to MultiVersus
Warner Bros’ MultiVersus has struggled to maintain relevance shortly following the game’s relaunch, with many players arguing that the game’s beta period was superior. That said, the team appears to be going full steam ahead with Season 2, having announced multiple upcoming characters and more. Announced during EVO 2024, the …
Read More »Riot cancelled plans for its own Smash Bros-style game after MultiVersus flopped
Riot has been working on its own 2D League of Legends fighting game for years now, set to launch next year under the title '2XKO'. As it turns out, the company also had its own Smash Bros style fighting game in development under the codename 'Pool Party', but it was cancelled after seeing the reception to WB's MultiVersus.
Read More »MultiVersus beta changes fail to impress fans
MultiVersus has had a weird road to release. The game was technically out, and even purchasable from late 2022 to mid 2023. Then, out of nowhere, the development team announced that the game would be ‘shutting down' after a six-month long beta, before re-releasing in 2024. Now, MultiVersus has finally …
Read More »MultiVersus launch trailer teases surprise additions to character roster
MultiVersus is in a bit of an odd position. The game was initially revealed last year to a large wave of hype, followed by a very successful, six-month long beta test. The game was then taken offline, with plans to ‘relaunch' in 2024. Now, WB is trying to build that …
Read More »Multiversus finally returns in May with engine upgrade and new characters
After a lengthy open beta that ran from late 2022 to mid 2023, WB made the surprising announcement that Multiversus would be pulled offline for a period of time to undergo additional development. Now, the game is finally set to return almost a year later. Multiversus will finally return on …
Read More »WB teases official return of MultiVersus
Last week, we reported on the current status of WB’s MultiVersus, with a McDonalds promotion seemingly suggesting that the free-to-play platform fighter could be coming back sooner rather than later. It seems as though this will indeed be the case, as the team have now teased the game’s revival. Taking …
Read More »McDonalds collab hints at impending MultiVersus relaunch
After spending half a year in beta, the Smash Bros-like WB fighting game MultiVersus was shut down in June of last year; with the team promising a relaunch some time in 2024. While no official announcement has been made, a recently-discovered collab with McDonalds suggests that its revival is arriving …
Read More »MultiVersus is now officially offline, will relaunch in 2024
MultiVersus launched last year and was a surprise hit for a little while. However, after selling a bunch of DLC and even hosting a couple of post-launch seasonal content updates, MultiVersus is now going offline until 2024. Back in March, the development team confused us all by announcing plans to …
Read More »MultiVersus has been pulled from digital stores
Last month, WB shocked MultiVersus players by announcing that the ‘beta' period for the game was ending after several months of patches, seasonal content updates and DLC character drops. With the beta ending, the game is going offline until 2024. To coincide with this, the game has now been pulled …
Read More »WB is shutting down MultiVersus claiming the ‘open beta’ is over
WarnerBros' platform-fighter MultiVersus has been available for months at this point, attracting millions of players, a chunk of whom have purchased DLC content and season passes. Now, seemingly out of nowhere, WB has announced that the ‘open beta' is ending and the game will be going offline until sometime next …
Read More »MultiVersus loses 99% of its daily player base
Following the overwhelming success of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, we witnessed many developers and publishers take heavy inspiration for their own titles, with a number of Smash Bros. “clones” released in the years since – to various degrees of success. One of the standouts was Warner Bros, free-to-play ‘MultiVersus’. Unfortunately, …
Read More »MultiVersus Season 1 launches next week
MultiVersus has had a great reception since launching its open beta earlier this summer. The game's first season was unfortunately delayed ‘indefinitely' at the start of the month, but the developers have quickly been able to polish things up for launch, which will now be happening next week. In an …
Read More »MultiVersus season 1 will introduce new game modes and characters
MultiVersus has had a great reception since launching its open beta earlier this summer. The game's first season of content has unfortunately been delayed to later in the month, but the upside is that now it will pack more content, including new modes. WB has given us a sneak peek …
Read More »MultiVersus pre-season extended and Season 1 delayed
MultiVersus has been a pretty big success so far, with early players enjoying the game in its on-going open beta. The game was due to officially leave beta and roll out its first season next week, but unfortunately some last minute issues have forced a delay. Today, the MultiVersus Twitter …
Read More »Multiversus surpasses 140,000 concurrent players in Steam open beta
MultiVersus, WB Games' Smash Bros-style crossover fighter is now live in open beta form. The game appears to be off to a good start too, as the game managed to gain 140,000 concurrent players on Steam during day-one, accompanied by a ‘very positive' overall user rating. Currently, MultiVersus is in …
Read More »MultiVersus open beta dates officially announced
MultiVersus is an upcoming free-to-play, platform fighter which takes many of WB’s biggest IPs and characters and pits them against one another in a similar vein to Nintendo’s highly successful Super Smash Bros. series. Following a lengthy marketing period and a closed alpha, MultiVersus is finally almost here, with an …
Read More »WB starts sending out playtest invites for Smash-style fighter ‘Multiversus’
Last year after months of leaks, WB Games announced its own Smash Bros-style crossover fighting game – Multiversus. We've already seen some gameplay and know a bunch of confirmed characters. Now this month, the first playtest is taking place and invites for it are being sent right now. Yesterday, WB …
Read More »Scooby Doo’s Velma joins WB’s MultiVersus fighting game
With Super Smash Bros. Ultimate finally concluded, many fans are looking for a new crossover-focused fighting game to fill the void. One game that is trying is WB’s MultiVersus. Planned to release some time this year, the game’s roster is slowly being revealed. In 2021 we saw Nickelodeon release their …
Read More »WB officially announces Multiversus – its own Smash Bros. style crossover fighter
Over the last month, there have been a ton of leaks coming out of WB Games, mostly pointing towards a Smash Bros-style crossover fighter using Warner Bros. IP. Today, WB officially announced Multiversus, confirming the leaks and revealing official screenshots, the launch character roster and more. Multiversus is a platform …
Read More »WB is working on a Smash Bros. style fighter, character roster leaked in screenshot
There have been several attempts to capture the magic of Super Smash Bros. and apply that formula to other franchises. Recently, talk of a Warner Bros attempt at a Smash Bros. style fighting game hit the internet and well, those rumours now appear to be completely true, as more details …
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