A week after suddenly springing back to life—and more than eight months after the open beta was taken offline—Player First Games has announced that Smashlike fighting game Multiversus will go into full release on May 28.
Multiversus made quite a splash when it launched into open beta in July 2022, attracting millions of players and running through two full seasons before it was unexpectedly ended a year later. I thought there was a good chance it was gone for good—Warner’s been rolling that way lately—but the resumption of activity on Multiversus’ social media accounts last week pretty clearly indicated otherwise.
Much has changed during its time away. Multiversus has moved to Unreal Engine 5 and has been “rebuilt from the ground up to support our new netcode,” which director Tony Huynhy said will provide more consistent and accurate gameplay regardless of platform. Each character in the game will have “new attacks and combat mechanics,” and a new PvE mode with “unique rewards” has been added.
Huynh also teased the addition of “some really exciting brand new personalities” to the Multiversus lineup, although nothing specific on who’s com…