MultiVersus returns with over 100,000 players, slightly under early access peak<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We're (almost) so back.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MultiVersus returns with over 100,000 players, slightly under early access peak\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We're (almost) so back.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dot Esports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-29T16:30:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-29T16:30:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shaggy-Batman-MultiVersus.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Kelly\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DotEsports\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DotEsports\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Kelly\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Kelly\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/fa9f9282e41306d8e2f7c291ebdad75d\"},\"headline\":\"MultiVersus returns with over 100,000 players, slightly under early access peak\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-29T16:30:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-29T16:30:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak\"},\"wordCount\":354,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shaggy-Batman-MultiVersus.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"FGC\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak\",\"name\":\"MultiVersus returns with over 100,000 players, slightly under early access peak\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shaggy-Batman-MultiVersus.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-29T16:30:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-29T16:30:19+00:00\",\"description\":\"We're (almost) so back.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shaggy-Batman-MultiVersus.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shaggy-Batman-MultiVersus.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675,\"caption\":\"Image via Player First Games\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MultiVersus returns with over 100,000 players, slightly under early access peak\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\",\"name\":\"Dot Esports\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Dot Esports\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Dot Esports\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/DotEsports\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dotesports\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCckaIn-3KqLYfppkj4DeTAw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/fa9f9282e41306d8e2f7c291ebdad75d\",\"name\":\"Michael Kelly\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/f28dd697b13b6e6f4c298e7eb6b14443\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20182038\/Michael-Kelly.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20182038\/Michael-Kelly.png\",\"caption\":\"Michael Kelly\"},\"description\":\"Staff Writer covering World of Warcraft and League of Legends, among others. Mike's been with Dot since 2020, and has been covering esports since 2018.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/michaelkelly\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"MultiVersus returns with over 100,000 players, slightly under early access peak","description":"We're (almost) so back.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"MultiVersus returns with over 100,000 players, slightly under early access peak","og_description":"We're (almost) so back.","og_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak","og_site_name":"Dot Esports","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/","article_published_time":"2024-05-29T16:30:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-05-29T16:30:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shaggy-Batman-MultiVersus.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michael Kelly","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@DotEsports","twitter_site":"@DotEsports","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michael Kelly","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak"},"author":{"name":"Michael Kelly","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/fa9f9282e41306d8e2f7c291ebdad75d"},"headline":"MultiVersus returns with over 100,000 players, slightly under early access peak","datePublished":"2024-05-29T16:30:16+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-29T16:30:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak"},"wordCount":354,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shaggy-Batman-MultiVersus.jpg","articleSection":["FGC"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak","name":"MultiVersus returns with over 100,000 players, slightly under early access peak","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shaggy-Batman-MultiVersus.jpg","datePublished":"2024-05-29T16:30:16+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-29T16:30:19+00:00","description":"We're (almost) so back.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shaggy-Batman-MultiVersus.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shaggy-Batman-MultiVersus.jpg","width":1200,"height":675,"caption":"Image via Player First Games"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MultiVersus returns with over 100,000 players, slightly under early access peak"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/","name":"Dot Esports","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization","name":"Dot Esports","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png","width":300,"height":300,"caption":"Dot Esports"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/","https:\/\/x.com\/DotEsports","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dotesports\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCckaIn-3KqLYfppkj4DeTAw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/fa9f9282e41306d8e2f7c291ebdad75d","name":"Michael Kelly","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/f28dd697b13b6e6f4c298e7eb6b14443","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20182038\/Michael-Kelly.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20182038\/Michael-Kelly.png","caption":"Michael Kelly"},"description":"Staff Writer covering World of Warcraft and League of Legends, among others. Mike's been with Dot since 2020, and has been covering esports since 2018.","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/michaelkelly"}]}},"raw_content":"Multiversus, the long-anticipated Warner Bros. fighting game that had an initial moment of popularity back in 2022, has now launched in full, and players are coming back in droves.\u00a0 Last year, the Multiversus developers made a controversial move when they took the game out of Early Access and shut down its servers to the public, instead making a conscious effort to finalize the development process before its relaunch. Many members of the game\u2019s early player base found this decision to be isolationist, especially in light of the game being a for-purchase product that effectively left players with a black hole in their Steam libraries.\u00a0 Yesterday, on its official launch day, Multiversus garnered a peak of just over 114,000\u2014slightly lower than its Early Access topout but still respectable for a game that slipped out of the public consciousness for nearly two years.\u00a0 The initial peak of players for Multiversus came during its early-access period, when it eclipsed the 150,000 mark in July 2022, according to playerbase-tracking site Steamcharts.\u00a0 What\u2019s most impressive about Multiversus immediately jumping back to a point where it could rival its early-access numbers is the fact that the game has been struggling with server issues since its official relaunch. In a looping effect, the influx of returning players is causing problems, while said problems are likely preventing more players from jumping on board.\u00a0 Much of the server status kerfuffle during yesterday\u2019s official Multiversus launch came from players receiving a \u201cWe\u2019re down for maintenance\u201d message upon logging into the game. This status message simply implied that players were in a queue but confused many into believing there was actual maintenance going on.\u00a0 We expect Multiversus to gain a more stable player base as the week goes on and more curious gamers either pick up the game for the first time or make a return after bowing out at some point during the Early Access period two years ago.\u00a0","apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shaggy-Batman-MultiVersus.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1865"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1245318"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1245343,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245318\/revisions\/1245343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1243644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1245318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1245318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1245318"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=1245318"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=1245318"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=1245318"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1245318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

MultiVersus returns with over 100,000 players, slightly under early access peak<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We're (almost) so back.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MultiVersus returns with over 100,000 players, slightly under early access peak\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We're (almost) so back.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dot Esports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-29T16:30:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-29T16:30:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shaggy-Batman-MultiVersus.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Kelly\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DotEsports\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DotEsports\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Kelly\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Kelly\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/fa9f9282e41306d8e2f7c291ebdad75d\"},\"headline\":\"MultiVersus returns with over 100,000 players, slightly under early access peak\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-29T16:30:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-29T16:30:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak\"},\"wordCount\":354,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shaggy-Batman-MultiVersus.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"FGC\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak\",\"name\":\"MultiVersus returns with over 100,000 players, slightly under early access peak\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shaggy-Batman-MultiVersus.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-29T16:30:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-29T16:30:19+00:00\",\"description\":\"We're (almost) so back.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shaggy-Batman-MultiVersus.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shaggy-Batman-MultiVersus.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675,\"caption\":\"Image via Player First Games\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MultiVersus returns with over 100,000 players, slightly under early access peak\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\",\"name\":\"Dot Esports\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Dot Esports\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Dot Esports\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/DotEsports\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dotesports\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCckaIn-3KqLYfppkj4DeTAw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/fa9f9282e41306d8e2f7c291ebdad75d\",\"name\":\"Michael Kelly\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/f28dd697b13b6e6f4c298e7eb6b14443\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20182038\/Michael-Kelly.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20182038\/Michael-Kelly.png\",\"caption\":\"Michael Kelly\"},\"description\":\"Staff Writer covering World of Warcraft and League of Legends, among others. Mike's been with Dot since 2020, and has been covering esports since 2018.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/michaelkelly\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"MultiVersus returns with over 100,000 players, slightly under early access peak","description":"We're (almost) so back.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"MultiVersus returns with over 100,000 players, slightly under early access peak","og_description":"We're (almost) so back.","og_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak","og_site_name":"Dot Esports","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/","article_published_time":"2024-05-29T16:30:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-05-29T16:30:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shaggy-Batman-MultiVersus.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michael Kelly","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@DotEsports","twitter_site":"@DotEsports","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michael Kelly","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak"},"author":{"name":"Michael Kelly","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/fa9f9282e41306d8e2f7c291ebdad75d"},"headline":"MultiVersus returns with over 100,000 players, slightly under early access peak","datePublished":"2024-05-29T16:30:16+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-29T16:30:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak"},"wordCount":354,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shaggy-Batman-MultiVersus.jpg","articleSection":["FGC"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak","name":"MultiVersus returns with over 100,000 players, slightly under early access peak","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shaggy-Batman-MultiVersus.jpg","datePublished":"2024-05-29T16:30:16+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-29T16:30:19+00:00","description":"We're (almost) so back.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shaggy-Batman-MultiVersus.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shaggy-Batman-MultiVersus.jpg","width":1200,"height":675,"caption":"Image via Player First Games"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/fgc\/news\/multiversus-returns-with-over-100000-players-slightly-under-early-access-peak#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MultiVersus returns with over 100,000 players, slightly under early access peak"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/","name":"Dot Esports","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization","name":"Dot Esports","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png","width":300,"height":300,"caption":"Dot Esports"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/","https:\/\/x.com\/DotEsports","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dotesports\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCckaIn-3KqLYfppkj4DeTAw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/fa9f9282e41306d8e2f7c291ebdad75d","name":"Michael Kelly","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/f28dd697b13b6e6f4c298e7eb6b14443","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20182038\/Michael-Kelly.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20182038\/Michael-Kelly.png","caption":"Michael Kelly"},"description":"Staff Writer covering World of Warcraft and League of Legends, among others. Mike's been with Dot since 2020, and has been covering esports since 2018.","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/michaelkelly"}]}},"raw_content":"Multiversus, the long-anticipated Warner Bros. fighting game that had an initial moment of popularity back in 2022, has now launched in full, and players are coming back in droves.\u00a0 Last year, the Multiversus developers made a controversial move when they took the game out of Early Access and shut down its servers to the public, instead making a conscious effort to finalize the development process before its relaunch. Many members of the game\u2019s early player base found this decision to be isolationist, especially in light of the game being a for-purchase product that effectively left players with a black hole in their Steam libraries.\u00a0 Yesterday, on its official launch day, Multiversus garnered a peak of just over 114,000\u2014slightly lower than its Early Access topout but still respectable for a game that slipped out of the public consciousness for nearly two years.\u00a0 The initial peak of players for Multiversus came during its early-access period, when it eclipsed the 150,000 mark in July 2022, according to playerbase-tracking site Steamcharts.\u00a0 What\u2019s most impressive about Multiversus immediately jumping back to a point where it could rival its early-access numbers is the fact that the game has been struggling with server issues since its official relaunch. In a looping effect, the influx of returning players is causing problems, while said problems are likely preventing more players from jumping on board.\u00a0 Much of the server status kerfuffle during yesterday\u2019s official Multiversus launch came from players receiving a \u201cWe\u2019re down for maintenance\u201d message upon logging into the game. This status message simply implied that players were in a queue but confused many into believing there was actual maintenance going on.\u00a0 We expect Multiversus to gain a more stable player base as the week goes on and more curious gamers either pick up the game for the first time or make a return after bowing out at some point during the Early Access period two years ago.\u00a0","apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shaggy-Batman-MultiVersus.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1865"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1245318"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1245343,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245318\/revisions\/1245343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1243644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1245318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1245318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1245318"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=1245318"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=1245318"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=1245318"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1245318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

Rokurou

The fighting game that had a moment in the sun two years ago is finally back for its resurgence. Image via Player First Games. <\/figcaption><\/figure>

Yesterday, on its official launch day, Multiversus <\/em>garnered a peak of just over 114,000\u2014slightly lower than its Early Access topout but still respectable for a game that slipped out of the public consciousness for nearly two years.\u00a0<\/p>

The initial peak of players for Multiversus <\/em>came during its early-access period, when it eclipsed the 150,000 mark in July 2022, according to playerbase-tracking site Steamcharts<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>

What\u2019s most impressive about Multiversus <\/em>immediately jumping back to a point where it could rival its early-access numbers is the fact that the game has been struggling with server issues<\/a> since its official relaunch. In a looping effect, the influx of returning players is causing problems, while said problems are likely preventing more players from jumping on board.\u00a0<\/p>

Much of the server status kerfuffle during yesterday\u2019s official Multiversus <\/em>launch came from players receiving a \u201cWe\u2019re down for maintenance<\/a>\u201d message upon logging into the game. This status message simply implied that players were in a queue but confused many into believing there was actual maintenance going on.\u00a0<\/p>

We expect Multiversus <\/em>to gain a more stable player base as the week goes on and more curious gamers either pick up the game for the first time or <\/em>make a return after bowing out at some point during the Early Access period two years ago.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"