The MultiVersus open beta kicks off today

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Free-to-play Warner Bros. brawler MultiVersus slams into open beta today at 5pm BST/6pm CEST/9am PST. We’ll be bringing you some thoughts later this week on whether MultiVersus is any good now it’s out of alpha but, for now, here’s a rundown of when and how you can play today. Check out the trailer below for a quick heads-up on how progression and rewards feature in the game.

First things first, today sees the end of MultiVersus’ early access. Early access began on July 19th and was a week-long period when people who played the closed alpha earlier this year could dive back into the game before it soft-launches today. Anyone who wanted to play early but hadn’t been in the alpha could try to bag a code through Twitch drops, while people who bought the Founder’s Pack on Steam for the princely sum of £33/$40/€40 were guaranteed access. The open beta is limited to people who live in the Americas, Europe, Australia and New Zealand for now, but anyone will be able to play it.

Next up is how long the open beta lasts. Well, technically it’s not ending. Devs Player First have said that MultiVersus will continue to be updated with “new characters, maps, seasonal content, and more in the months ahead”. No firm date has been set on when the open beta ends and MultiVersus launches properly. You can think of today as the game’s soft launch. As I reported yesterday, we already know that three new characters – Rick And Morty, and LeBron James – are incoming, with the basketballer supreme arriving with the open beta.

LeBron is the 17th character to arrive in MultiVersus. During the early access week, a preview rotation of four characters was unlocked from the start for people to try out: DC’s Harley Quinn, Shaggy from Scooby Doo,