Highlights
- MultiVersus' director wants Walter White from Breaking Bad in the game, but challenges exist due to ownership issues.
- MultiVersus relaunches on May 28 with more characters like Agent Smith and The Joker, along with new stages.
- The team behind MultiVersus has revamped the game's systems since it went offline last year.
Fans of WB's character brawler MultiVersus aren't the only ones wishing for Breaking Bad's Walter White to join the roster, as the game's director has made known his desire to add the iconic character as well. After initially launching in beta in 2022, MultiVersus was taken offline early last year allowing Player First Games to further work on the game, adding even more characters and stages. Over the year plus of downtime, the team has revamped many of the game's systems and is ready to relaunch MultiVersus on May 28.
MultiVersus' character roster was already jam-packed with familiar faces pulling from nearly every corner of Warner Bros' library, from Tom and Jerry and Bugs Bunny, to DC heroes like Batman and Superman, to popular Cartoon Network characters like Steven Universe and Finn and Jake from Adventure Time, and even Adult Swim's Rick and Morty. MultiVersus' imminent 2024 relaunch is looking to add even more faces, like Agent Smith from The Matrix, The Joker, and Jason Voorhees. Additionally, new stages like The Powerpuff Girls' Townsville Hall and the lab from Dexter's Laboratory are confirmed to be coming to the game in the future.
MultiVersus Reveals Free Rewards for Returning Players
MultiVersus reveals free rewards for returning players, and new content that the community can expect when the game launches on May 28.
As buzz surrounding MultiVersus continues to swirl leading up to its May 28 relaunch, many fans of the brawler have been hoping for the iconic television character Walter White from Breaking Bad to be added to the roster. In speaking with TheGamer, the game's director, Tony Huynh, expressed that he and the team at Player First Games would love to have Walter White on the MultiVersus roster, but the fact that WB doesn't own Breaking Bad would pose serious challenges.
For this to happen, Player First would have to strike up a relationship with Breaking Bad's true owner, Sony Pictures Television. Huynh explains "It’s complicated, but I will personally be pushing as hard as I can to make that happen. Everything that happens with third parties in general…there are things that players don’t understand, it’s more complicated and it’s not a super straightforward process." Considering Shaggy's own super-powered appearance in MultiVersus was originally born out of 2019's popular Ultra Instinct Shaggy memes, it doesn't seem like such a big stretch for such a memefied character like Walter White to join the roster at some point in the future as well.
It’s complicated, but I will personally be pushing as hard as I can to make that happen.
MultiVersus is set to relaunch on May 28 with 27 characters, nine stages, and even more planned for the future. With the king of all brawlers, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, being home to a whopping 89 playable characters, it'll be fascinating to see if MulitVersus will approach a number like that over the next several years with the help of WB's treasure trove of IP like Harry Potter, Barbie, Mad Max, The Lord of the Rings, and much more. Even more interesting would be whether Walter White joins the party as well.
MultiVersus
MultiVersus is a 2D side-scrolling platform fighter that includes a wide array of Warner Bros. characters. Players can choose between characters like Shaggy, Batman, Steven Universe, Jake the Dog, and more.
- Platform(s)
- PC , PS5 , PS4 , Xbox One , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S
- Released
- August 15, 2022
- Developer(s)
- Player First Games
- Publisher(s)
- Warner Bros. Interactive
- Genre(s)
- Fighting
