Since 1999 there has been a franchise that many companies have wanted to replicate, with varying success, so it is surprising that Warner Bros Games is the one that has now taken the step of trying to scratch a bit of the Japanese slice of the pie, although, yes, without conflicting with them. Nintendo Switch is out of this multiversus which promises famous people and many hits per square meter.
Where did Multiversus come from?
Warner Bros Games is a company that in recent years has revolved its entire release strategy around very successful franchises such as LEGO, some Harry Potter, DC comic characters and some rarities like Left 4 Dead. Almost always with payment titles but the step taken by the North Americans has been surprising because they have entered a genre that, already in the past, caused small failures. Like Sony, for example, which launched PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale at the end of 2012 for PS3 and PS Vita and a decade later, no sign of it on PS4 or PS5.
So this move by Warner Bros Games is complex but they hope it works, based above all on several pillars: the fundamental one, the huge list of characters that players might like, that not only contemplate the heroes and villains of DC, as well as all the modern and classic series of the American factory, from the Looney Tunes y Scooby Doo a Tom and Jerry or the franchises born in recent decades thanks to Cartoon Network, such as Adventure Time, Rick and Morty, etc.
The object of the game is also expand over the months with the arrival of new characters that they will be fattening the roster of fighters periodically because, let's not deny it, a good part of the success of multiversus in the near future it will depend on how receptive the community is when buying items in game, which are what make these projects become inexhaustible sources of income.
What systems will Multiversus arrive for?
The Warner Bros Games title will be multiplatform in such a way that all users of:
- Windows 10 and 11 PC (via Steam)
- PlayStation 4
- PlayStation 5
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X / S
Don't expect it to come to Nintendo Switch anytime soon since Warner Bros. will first want it to establish itself in those systems in which there is no clear competitor. Another thing is that, after its launch, if it becomes a global phenomenon, the North Americans are encouraged to take the step of landing on the Japanese console, where it reigns quite calmly. Super Smash Bros Ultimate.
Will Multiversus be crossplay?
We have good news because, indeed, multiversus will have cross-play between all platforms in such a way that it will not matter what console you or your friends have as long as it is one of the supported ones. In this way, the game has more chances of becoming a success thanks to the fact that the traditional barriers linked to the number of users present on each platform are no longer relevant.
This crossover game also affects all the purchases we make, so if we progress for months on PS4 and make the leap, for example, to an Xbox Series X, we will not lose any cosmetics, gesture, fighter or scenario that we have bought. As well as the resources generated.
Release date and price
As for the moment in which multiversus will hit the stores it must be said that there is no confirmed date, just a vague 2022 that was originally going to be in the month of July. At the moment it seems that these plans are not going to be fully fulfilled so we have to wait for official news at the moment in which Warner Bros Games decides to make them public.
About the price, is a free to play that we can download from PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store and Steam, although later we will have available packs with a lot of different items grouped together. Here are the three that are currently available:
El Founder's pack It is simply the cheapest and only offers 15 tickets to exchange for characters (there are 18 starters), plus a banner and in-game resources. If you look at the other two (Deluxe y Premium Founder's Pack) thing grows in number of fighters, number of banners including rare and epic types, battle passes, an effect, a skin, and Gleamium to redeem within multiversus.
Their prices are:
- multiversus: free.
- Multiversus Founder's Pack: 39,99 euros.
- Multiversus Deluxe Founder's Pack: 59,99 euros.
- Multiversus Premium Founder's Pack: 99,99 euros.
If you want to know the ones that will arrive in the first moment, below you have the complete list.
How to play?
We could explain how it works multiversus simply by referring to Super Smash Bros, but if it seems to you, we are not going to do it so that it does not give the impression that it is an exact copy. In reality it is not, although apparently it can transmit certain coincidences to us.
The most important is that we will be able to star in fights within a scenario between teams of two fighters each or in a more traditional versus mode against another opponent. We decide if we want to enjoy alone or accompanied while we try to get our enemy off the map. Obviously we will be able to do it using the abilities of each of the combatants, who will have specific statistics, as well as their own blows and abilities that we will modify as we gain experience and coins. It is contemplated, for example, that each of the characters will evolve through a relatively customizable progress.
To keep the meta even for all players, Warner Bros has decided that each of these fighters have basic statistics that cannot be modified so that the player's ability is more important than the size of his portfolio and the desire to spend more or less money. Even so, there will be small items that we can install on the weapons to gain a little more attack or defense power. But since all players will be able to progress in the same way, the equality remains quite intact and without imbalances.
What can we buy?
In order not to break the balance in the fighting, from Warner Bros Games they have pointed out that Players will be able to get items that they can equip. Some will be the result of rewards for hours of play or challenges completed, but others will not be accessible if we do not spend money, both real and gold and Gleamium. So write down everything you can buy:
- Wrestlers: Over time, Multiversus will grow its roster of fighters, which we can buy based on themes, franchises or special packs that are made.
- Scenarios: In the same way, new locations can also be enjoyed to accompany the present franchises with well-known and highly recognizable places by fans.
- Appearances: Each fighter will be able to show different outfits that you will have ready to buy in the Multiverse digital store.
- Gestures: As is already the case in Fortnite, our character's poses will also be the subject of marketing, so you will see after a close fight how the fighters mock the loser... without scruples.
- Accessories: caps, glasses, floats and other elements that change the appearance (partially) of our fighter cannot be missing.
- Banners: They provide certain extras to the character during combat.
- Gold and Gleamium, which are the two resources that allow us to acquire content within multiversus.
all game modes
Although we can imagine the ways it will have multiversus, the official and announced by the company are:
- combat tutorials.
- Team fights 2 vs. 2 (online cooperative and local).
- Fights 1 vs. 1.
- Fighting for 4 players, all against all.
- Team fights of 2 vs. AI.
- Personal online rooms.
- Practice mode (called The Lab).
What characters can we control?
Multiversus He has a long way to go but it is certain that his "to be or not to be" is at stake on the roster. And the truth is that the free version that we can download completely free allows us to choose between 18 fighters available: 17 belong to well-known Warner Bros. franchises and only one is original to this title.
And are next:
| Franchise | Character's name |
|---|---|
| Adventure Time | Finn |
| Jake | |
| DC Comics | Batman |
| Superman | |
| Wonder Woman | |
| Harley Quinn | |
| Game of Thrones | Arya Stark |
| The iron Giant | Iron Giant |
| Looney Tunes | Bugs Bunny |
| Taz | |
| Rick and Morty | Rick |
| Morty | |
| Space Jam | LeBron James |
| Steven Universe | Steven Universe |
| Garnet | |
| Tom and Jerry | Tom |
| Jerry | |
| multiversus | dog |
Can you play it right now?
Since last July 26 multiversus It is in the open beta phase so you can participate and start testing how their fighting will be. To play it you only have to have a compatible platform from the one indicated above and access the digital store of the console. There you will find the client to download completely free and start playing with it.
Warner Bros Games reports that all progress from this open beta will remain active when a release date is officially set so it seems that the process opened on July 26 has become a early access covert. So don't be afraid to buy something or spend hours on it to get rewards, because they will stand for the future. release final version of the game in the coming weeks.
Although if you want to acquire any of the three Founder's pack you will start with quite a lot of cattle, and not just a ticket to obtain one of the characters. You can access from here to the selection page for those editions.