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[Draugoth]

Warner Bros. Games has officially acquired Player First Games, adding the developer behind MultiVersus to its profile.

In an official release sent to IGN, Warner Bros. confirmed that co-founder Tony Huynh and Chris White will retain leadership of the studio, which has led development of the popular Smash Bros-like brawler. Multiversus officially launched in May following early access and open beta releases throughout 2022 and 2023.


via IGN

 

[Roxkis_ii]

Hasn't Warner Bros. Games been on sale for a while? Seems like a bad place to land if your employeed with the MultiVersus devs.

 

[Bridges]

I hope this means a better budget for Multiversus. Seems like the relaunch has been successful enough, but the game feels like it is held together by toothpicks.

Good for the team for getting a payday, I hope it works out for them

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Hasn't Warner Bros. Games been on sale for a while? Seems like a bad place to land if your employeed with the MultiVersus devs.

They seem to be back into gaming post-Hogwarts Legacy.

 

[Dacvak]

They seem to be back into gaming post-Hogwarts Legacy.

Maybe we can get a 3D Scribblenauts game at some point. There's a game that would genuinely benefit from AI-aided development.

 

[Hudo]

My condolences to everyone at Player First Games.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Honestly, for as amateur PFG still feels this is a great get for them, it also felt like it was only a matter of time. As long as they stay on-top of things. Multiversus still has a lot of potential IMO, but it's so odd to see so many bugs and issues just completely overlooked by a studio connected to such a "big" one.

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

Killed NRS Mobile team for this most likely....congrats?

 

[Gambit2483]

WB just wants to turn it into a live service, microtransactions nightmare and own all the profits, regardless of actual game quality/development...basically like they want with all of their games

 

[Bridges]

WB just wants to turn it into a live service, microtransactions nightmare and own all the profits, regardless of actual game quality/development...basically like they want with all of their games

As someone who loves Multiversus, it is already a live service nightmare. The new season that starts today is actually toning it down quite a bit and moving in the right direction though