Warner Bros. acquires MultiVersus studio ‘First Player Games’

The relaunch of MultiVersus earlier this year has not gone the way Warner Bros. were likely hoping, with general sentiment surrounding the game being that it is inferior to the pre-release beta version from prior years. Despite this, it seems the publisher has a great deal of faith in developer Player First Games, as they have now acquired the studio.

Hot on the heels of the announcement for the game’s second season, MultiVersus publisher Warner Bros. announced via a press release that they have acquired the studio behind the platform fighter – Player First Games – saying:

“Warner Bros. Games announces the acquisition of Player First Games, the developer of their recently launched MultiVersus free-to-play platform fighter videogame. Player First Games will continue to operate under the leadership of co-founders Tony Huynh and Chris White.”

Speaking on the acquisition, Tony Huynh stated “Our team is excited to join the Warner Bros. Games family, and we feel that this will be great for MultiVersus overall. We are working to make the MultiVersus game experience the best it can be and having our development team integrated with the publisher is optimum for the players.”

As mentioned, MultiVersus has not had the best few months, with the game’s relaunch receiving a mixed response from fans – and ultimately seeing a massive drop in concurrent players (with a 24 hour peak of fewer than 5000 people on Steam).

With all that is going against the game, it is interesting to see WB doubling down on Player First Games. Hopefully this affords them the support they need to ensure MultiVersus can improve as it needs.

KitGuru says: Are you surprised by the announcement? Why do you think WB made this move? Can MultiVersus recover? Let us know down below.

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