It’s also waving goodbye to storefronts in April
MultiVersus, and its premium currency Gleamium, will be removed from digital storefronts on April 4th, although if you’ve installed the fighter before then, you’ll be able to re-download it after that date and after online services sunset in June. Season 2 is also being extended until that June 25th date, letting you grind through the latest battle pass and complete daily missions.
It’s a spotty situation since MultiVersus never officially launched into a 1.0 release, but from my limited snooping (and by that I mean a lot of scrolling), the last time the game’s Twitter account advertised the game as being in Open Beta waslast Augustwhen they say that “Open Beta is just the beginning.”
MultiVersus came out swinging when it kind of launched last year, blowing up on Steam and Twitch, even though that momentum has trailed off recently. The game was one of the better Super Smash Bros-likes - the novelty of beating up WB icons like Batman and Lebron James was just too strong. But the free-to-play game has been unusually quiet since the beginning of the year and the community has been somewhat lax about the announcement; they’re probably hoping some extra time in the oven gives the game a needed boost.
In their announcementblog, the studio say they have a “clearer view of what we need to focus on", including a better “cadence of new characters, maps and modes… along with updated netcode and more matchmaking improvements.” They’ll also be “reworking” the progression system based on fan feedback.
MultiVersus is still available for free onSteamandThe Epic Games Storeuntil April 4th. The RPS Treehouse enjoyed it enough, slotting it into our list of thebest free games, thebest co-op games, and thebest multiplayer games on PC- or at least it will be until April.
