MultiVersus has only been fully launched a week, but already there’s an oasis of leaks – and player excitement – mapping out much of what’s already set to arrive in the game next. Warner Bros’ free-to-play platform fighter is designed as a nexus point for characters and franchises to come together and beat each other up, Super Smash Bros. style, with a rotating roster of unlocked combatants that changes every 24 hours. And it’s this growing roster of famous faces that is clearly designed to be its star.
MultiVersusDeveloper: Player First GamesPublisher: Warner Bros. GamesPlatform: Played on Xbox Series XAvailability: Out now on PC, PlayStation, Xbox
As someone who plays Fortnite on the daily, the concept of a live-service game sustained by a conveyor belt of crossover content is nothing new – and countless games are doing it. From Call of Duty: Warzone to Fall Guys mobile rip-off Stumble Guys, everyone is inviting Snoop Dogg or the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to their party. Smash Bros. itself gave up being Nintendo-centric years ago, with Ultimate hosting everyone from Fallout’s Vault Boy to Minecraft’s Steve.
In MultiVersus, there’s the expected representation from Warner Bros.’ own stable of game franchises, with a base roster that bares striking resemblence to the publisher’s previous multiverse effort Lego Dimensions – its enjoyable toys-to-life project that was sadly wound down before its time. There’s plenty of faces from the DC Universe, Scooby-Doo, Adventure Time and Gremlins, then, with more likely to follow, alongside cartoon favourites such as the Looney Tunes gang, Tom & Jerry, plus Rick and Morty.
But each of these characters costs premium currency to unlock permanently – or dozens and dozens of hours per character if you want to grind out a different currency for free. To buy all the characters that are currently locked for me would require 18,250 Gleamium, which I could attain by purchasing each of the top two Gleamium bundles (£39.99 and £79.99) – for an overall total of £120. After that, there are additional costumes and customisation options for each character on top of their base price, such as fighter-specific emotes or to have said character wearing a Joker T-shirt.