Despite the early success of the Warner Bros.Super Smash Bros.cloneMultiVersus,Warner Bros. Gamesannounced that the upcoming fifth season of the game will be its last.
All online features forMultiVersuswill be available until the end of Season 5, which concludes on May 30th at 9:00 AM PST.
After that, players will only be able to play the Warner Bros.fighting gameoffline, including local gameplay, against A.I. opponents, or with up to three friends.
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“Welcome to the future of gaming”
To continue playing the game offline, you’ll need to update to the latest version during Season 5, which runs from February 4th at 9:00 AM PST until the May 30th end date.
Warner Bros. Games is also terminating real money transactions. While you can’t purchase Gleamium moving forward, you can spend until the end of Season 5 to purchase it. The team also wanted to thank its fans for their support over the years.
Most importantly, we want to thank every player and person who has ever played or supportedMultiVersus. All of us on the Player First Games and Warner Bros. Games teams have poured our heart and soul into this game. We will be forever grateful for the incredible support of theMultiVersuscommunity throughout this journey.
MultiVersus May Be One of the Biggest “What Ifs” in Gaming
MultiVersusfirst launched in open beta on July 26th, 2022. Despite being in beta, the team at Player First Games promised that the game would remain live as they built towards its official launch.
Advertising for the game was everywhere, and it was starting to develop a following thanks to the absurdity of Bugs Bunny beating up Superman. It achieved a peak of over 20 million players by September 2022, but that number would decline due to a lack of updates during the open beta.
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However, Player First Games eventually backtracked on its promise and took thegame offline in early 2023before its full launch on May 28th, 2024. With fans unable to access the game for over a year, all the momentum was killed. By the time it relaunched, the game had underperformed expectations, and fans had resisted itsugly monetization.
