MultiVersus to Be Shut Down After One Year in Live Service

MultiVersus, a fighting game with a roster of popular characters from various Warner Bros. Discovery franchises, was released as an Open Beta at the end of July 2022, and even a Founder's Pack was offered as paid DLC in several variations. By September 2022, during the first season, it had reached 20 million players across all platforms. On Steam, it was the second-most successful release to date with 153,433 CCU from Warner Bros. Games, after Hogwarts Legacy (879,308). In the months that followed, the number of players dropped rapidly, probably due to a lack of updates and new characters. In a rather unusual move, it was announced that the Open Beta would end in June 2023 and the game would be taken offline in preparation for the full launch. Offline functionality was maintained during this downtime. The relaunch at the end of May 2024 attracted almost 115,000 concurrent users on Steam, but within a few weeks the game, which is strongly reminiscent of Smash Bros, lost much of its initial momentum. Now, the publisher is pulling the plug and closing the live service game after just one year, but MultiVersus will remain playable offline.

MultiVersus, a fighting game with a roster of popular characters from various Warner Bros. Discovery franchises, was released as an Open Beta at the end of July 2022, and even a Founder's Pack was offered as paid DLC in several variations. By September 2022, during the first season, it had reached 20 million players across all platforms. On Steam, it was the second-most successful release to date with 153,433 CCU from Warner Bros. Games, after Hogwarts Legacy (879,308). In the months that followed, the number of players dropped rapidly, probably due to a lack of updates and new characters. In a rather unusual move, it was announced that the Open Beta would end in June 2023 and the game would be taken offline in preparation for the full launch. Offline functionality was maintained during this downtime. The relaunch at the end of May 2024 attracted almost 115,000 concurrent users on Steam, but within a few weeks the game, which is strongly reminiscent of Smash Bros, lost much of its initial momentum. Now, the publisher is pulling the plug and closing the live service game after just one year, but MultiVersus will remain playable offline.