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| Release Date | Gameplay & Story | DLC & Pre-Order | Review |
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May 28, 2024
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| Genre | |
| Action, Platformer, Fighting | |
| Platforms | Price (MSRP) |
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Free-to-Play |
| Developer | Publisher |
| Player First Games | Warner Bros. Games |
| Number of Players | Age Rating |
| 2-4 (Local, Online) | ESRB T |
| Time to Finish | Cross Platform |
| 15-30 Minutes per match | Yes |
| Official Website | MultiVersus Website |
MultiVersus Latest News
⚫︎ MultiVersus Caused $100 Million Writedown for Warner Bros Games (esports.net
⚫︎ MultiVersus' Joker Will Be Voiced By Mark Hamill, Coming Out of Retirement To Reprise Role
⚫︎ MultiVersus Character Restrictions Leave Fans Unhappy
⚫︎ MultiVersus Reopens to Over 100K Concurrent Players on Steam
MultiVersus Overview
MultiVersus is a platformer fighting game that utilizes Super Smash Bros. formula with characters under the Warner Bros.(WB) collective. Various fighters from dozens of franchises under the WB umbrella battle it out in casual and competitive platformer-fighting matches for fun. The game underwent a closed and open beta back in July 2022, and eventually released on May 29, 2024 for the PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and the Xbox One.
MultiVersus is the conglomeration of numerous characters from diverse franchises such as DC Comics, Game of Thrones, Adventure Time, Looney Tunes, and Scooby Doo. They were all mysteriously summoned from their respective universes to participate in an all-out brawl amongst one another for mysterious reasons. The battles take place across various famous locations from their own universes, where Batman could fight Shaggy from Scooby Doo in the streets of Gotham.
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Epic |
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Xbox |
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MultiVersus Gameplay
MultiVersus is a 2D platformer fighting game where its core gameplay features are very similar to the Super Smash Bros. Series. Players choose from a wide array of heroes before matches hailing from different media franchises, pick a stage representing said media franchises, and engage in battle until a clear victor is named. Characters have several attacks and special attacks that are pulled from this mythos, such as Superman’s powers, Finn the Human’s sword, or Rick Sanchez’s gun. It also incorporates memes and references from pop culture, such as Shaggy attaining a ‘Super Form’ that became widespread throughout the internet before the game’s release.
The game features free-for-all and co-op battles, both for local and online matches. Friends and rivals and hop onto matches together and duke it out to settle differences, or engage in friendly casual gameplay for fun.
MultiVersus Reviews
Great Game With Terrible Grind
MultiVersus received positive reception for its extended cast of available characters and for its great gameplay upon its full release. However, many criticized its Free-to-Play model, specifically locking characters behind a significant grind in order to unlock them. We at Game8 praised its easy to pick up but difficult to master gameplay that applies to its massive roster, but gaining access to said massive roster is a huge grind to perform, even with how fun the game is.
IGN gave it a ‘Good’ at 7/10, calling it an entertaining game drowned out by the tedious grind. Kotaku is conflicted with the game, mentioning how they want to praise and keep playing it, but outside of the PvP battles, it does so poorly that they feel like it’s ethically wrong to do so. SportsIllustrated scores it a 5/10, pointing out how after an entire year of inactivity, the game got worse during its full launch.
The conflicts follow through to aggregation reviews. Metacritic] lists the game’s critic score aat 75/100, being ‘Generally Favorable.’ However, its user score paints a different picture at 5.6/10. Getting a Mixed or Average rating. The same goes with its [Steam reviews, where All reviews average into a Mostly Positive rating, but Recent Reviews perform poorer at ‘Mixed.’
MultiVersus Announcement Trailer
Announcement Trailer
The reveal trailer features the co-founder and game director of Player First Games going through several features of the game. He goes into detail about the multiplayer, the characters, and the crossplay and crossprogression that will all be included in the game.
MultiVersusTrivia
⚫︎ MultiVersus features 18 different franchises under the Warner Bros. collective.
⚫︎ The characters of Wonder Woman, Steven Universe, Uncle Shagworthy, The Iron Giant, Gizmo, and Lebron James are the only fighters whose original voice actors did not reprise their roles.
⚫︎ The Late Kevin Conroy’s last role reprising Batman was for MultiVersus.
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