After a six month beta, a six month hiatus and a year of ‘official' release, Warner Bros is now pulling the plug on MultiVersus. The game officially released in 2024 and is now shutting down alongside another 2024 flop, Suicide Squad. 

WB Games did not have a very good time in 2024. The company had high hopes for two of its ‘live service' games, MultiVersus, and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. A few weeks ago, Warner Bros announced plans to shut down Suicide Squad, leaving players with an offline version of the game to play. Now, the same thing is happening with the Smash Bros. style cross-over fighting game.

In an announcement this week, WB and Player First Games confirmed that MultiVersus Season 5 would be the game's final update. The season runs from February 4th until the 30th of May. After that, the online multiplayer servers will shut down.

Fortunately, players won't lose access to the game entirely. While official online services are closing in a few months, the Season 5 update will also generate a local save file for the game. From there, you will be able to continue to access the game modes and your purchased content offline, in single-player battles vs AI or in private matches with friends locally.

Microtransactions from the in-game store have already been removed. However, you can still unlock new characters by playing the game, including the two latest additions to the roster, Aquaman and Lola Bunny.

KitGuru Says: MultiVersus seemed like a cool idea when it was first announced, but taking the game offline for so long and then re-launching it in a crowded 2024 was a bad idea. We'll no doubt see some of these characters appearing in Fortnite in the future instead, as presumably, WB is going to pump the brakes on its own expensive live-service projects. 

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