The next season of MultiVersus will be the crossover fighting game’s last. Warner Bros. Games announced Friday that development on MultiVersus is ending, and that the game will go offline on May 30, the day that the upcoming season 5 comes to a close.
MultiVersus will remain playable offline, the publisher said, both locally and against AI opponents. The game will no longer be available to download as of May 30 at 9 a.m. PDT. Warner Bros. Games has already ended real-money transactions for the game, meaning players can no longer purchase the premium currency Gleamium.
Season 5 of MultiVersus will bring two new playable characters to the roster: DC’s Aquaman and Looney Tunes’ Lola Bunny. WB Games said that all season 5 content, including the two new characters, are earnable through gameplay. The fifth and final season of MultiVersus will kick off on Feb. 4.
“[We] want to thank every player and person who has ever played or supported MultiVersus,” WB Games said in a statement. “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 the MultiVersus community throughout this journey.”
MultiVersus was originally released in July 2022, in what Warner Bros. and Player First referred to as an open beta. About a year later, the publisher and developer took MultiVersus offline to retool the game’s netcode, matchmaking, and progression system, while also developing new characters, maps, and modes to boost the cadence of new content. MultiVersus was relaunched in May 2024 with a long list of changes and new characters. But some of those changes didn’t land with players, and after two initially strong launches, interest in the game appears to have cratered, according to data from Steam Charts and Twitch viewership.
When season 5 comes to a close, MultiVersus will feature 35 playable characters from a wide variety of film, television, and comic book franchises. The Smash Bros.-inspired fighting game’s roster includes characters like Batman, Superman, Rick and Morty, Scooby Doo’s Shaggy and Velma, and Tom and Jerry. Since returning in 2024, MultiVersus’ developers have added Friday the 13th’s Jason Voorhees, The Matrix’s Agent Smith, the Powerpuff Girls, Beetlejuice, and more.
MultiVersus is free to play and will be available to download on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
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