MultiVersus has closed its open beta, but you can still practice offline until it’s back

Almost a year after the start of the game’s open beta, MultiVersus has shut down all online functionality until it launches properly next year.

In March, MultiVersus developer Player announced that the game would be temporarily closing, with a full release supposedly sometime in 2024. That time has now arrived, with the game shutting down its servers in the early hours of the morning. When you launch the game now, you will be met with the message: “Thank you for your support during our open beta! The feedback and inspiration has been amazing… We plan to come back and be better than ever with new content, features, modes and more.” .when the game returns next year and will make sure all your progress and content sticks.”

It’s a pretty perplexing decision on Player First’s part, considering you can buy battle passes, skins, and more with real money. Currently there is only the promise that the game will return next year, although whether that is enough to bring players back is another question.

I wouldn’t say that things are that bad though, as if you like the game you can still play it in limited offline modes like local matches and the game’s training room so you can at least practice a bit. Additionally, all characters will be available to try out, along with all cosmetics as well, as shared in a FAQ page. The downside, though, is that all of this will be locked again when the game returns next year, so swings and roundabouts really.

It should also be noted that the refund policy hasn’t changed, meaning you can’t get any just because the open beta was closed.

MultiVersus definitely fell out of favor after its strong release, with the player count plummeting in the following montages. Let’s see if things pick up again when I return in 2024.