MultiVersus Season 1 Launching Without Ranked is a Mistake

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The recently released fighting game MultiVersus has taken gaming discourse by storm, with swathes of fans enjoying the fast-paced and competitive gameplay featuring an array of beloved Warner Bros. characters. Its free-to-play open beta has proven to be a hit, so the title is now looking to move on to the next stage of its life cycle.

This next stage recently came in the form of Season One for MultiVersus, which launched on August 15. With this Season set to introduce additional content to the title over time, the fact that it launched without a dedicated ranked play mode could prove to be a big mistake.

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As is to be expected of a free-to-play multiplayer title, MultiVersus will break down its gameplay cycle into multiple seasons, each accompanied by a brand-new Battle Pass filled with special cosmetics in the forms of skins and stickers that players can use. The Battle Pass for MultiVersus is made up of two paths, one paid for and one free, to expand the accessibility of rewards across the player base, although the paid path understandably has more attractive benefits.

In addition to the Battle Pass, Season One is bringing fresh characters to MultiVersus, with the dimension-travelling sci-fi duo of Rick and Morty both coming to the game as individual playable characters later on in the Season. With more characters expected to be announced in the near future, Season One is additionally bolstered by the announcement that a dedicated ranked mode will be coming to MultiVersus at some point later at a later date. While this is of course good news to many fans, the fact that ranked will not be available to play from the outset of Season One could