{"id":10303,"date":"2023-03-27T18:06:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T18:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/27\/multiversus-open-beta-is-shutting-down-but-the-game-is-set-to-return-in-2024\/"},"modified":"2023-03-27T18:06:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T18:06:50","slug":"multiversus-open-beta-is-shutting-down-but-the-game-is-set-to-return-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/27\/multiversus-open-beta-is-shutting-down-but-the-game-is-set-to-return-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"MultiVersus\u2019 open beta is shutting down, but the game is set to return in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple\">Warner Bros. Games is shutting down <em>MultiVersus\u2019<\/em> open beta ahead of a full release targeted for early 2024. The open beta for the WB-themed free-to-play <em>Super Smash Bros.<\/em>-like brawler will be taken offline on June 25th. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple\">While <em>MultiVersus<\/em> is offline, you can still play the game\u2019s training room and local matches, and you can use any characters and in-game cosmetics you have unlocked. (If you want to be able to mess around with the offline features, you\u2019ll need to download the game from digital storefronts before April 4th.) Any progress you have already made will carry over when the game is available again in 2024. But you won\u2019t be able to get refunds due to the closure, <a href=\"https:\/\/multiversus.com\/en\/faq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to an FAQ page<\/a>, which might be frustrating for players who spent money on a game that they soon won\u2019t be able to play online for months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple\">Because of the open beta, \u201cwe have a clearer view of what we need to focus on, specifically the content cadence of new characters, maps and modes to give you more ways to enjoy the game, along with updated netcode and more matchmaking improvements,\u201d Tony Huynh, CEO and co-founder of <em>MultiVersus<\/em> developer Player First Games, <a href=\"https:\/\/multiversus.com\/en\/news\/open-beta-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote in a blog post<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019ll also be reworking the progression system based on your feedback and looking at new ways for you to connect with your friends in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/3\/27\/23658536\/multiversus-open-beta-shutting-2024-launch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warner Bros. Games is shutting down MultiVersus\u2019 open beta ahead of a full release targeted for early 2024. The open beta for the WB-themed free-to-play Super Smash Bros.-like brawler will be taken offline on June 25th. While MultiVersus is offline, you can still play the game\u2019s training room and local matches, and you can use [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10303","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}