{"id":5645,"date":"2022-05-16T16:50:07","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T14:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/smash-bros-competitor-multiversus-adds-iron-giant-scooby-doos-velma\/"},"modified":"2022-05-16T16:50:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T14:50:07","slug":"smash-bros-competitor-multiversus-adds-iron-giant-scooby-doos-velma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/smash-bros-competitor-multiversus-adds-iron-giant-scooby-doos-velma\/","title":{"rendered":"Smash Bros. competitor MultiVersus adds Iron Giant, Scooby-Doo\u2019s Velma"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"source-title\">Smash Bros. competitor MultiVersus adds Iron Giant, Scooby-Doo\u2019s Velma<\/div>\n<div class=\"source-text\">\n<div>\n<p >Warner Bros. Games\u2019 take on the Smash Bros. formula, <em>MultiVersus<\/em>, adds three more characters to its crossover roster: the Tasmanian Devil (aka Taz) from Looney Tunes, Velma from Scooby-Doo, and The Iron Giant from the heart-obliterating animated movie of the same name. Please, I do <em>not<\/em> want to fight The Iron Giant, Warner Bros.<\/p>\n<p >A new cinematic trailer heralds the arrival of those new characters, alongside previously confirmed <em>MultiVersus<\/em> fighters Batman, Bugs Bunny, Harley Quinn, Shaggy, Garnet from <em>Steven Universe<\/em>, and Arya Stark from <em>Game of Thrones<\/em>. The Iron Giant even gets to rub shoulders with Superman in that trailer, which remains bittersweet, somehow.<\/p>\n<p >Monday\u2019s new trailer for <em>MultiVersus<\/em> coincides with the announcement of an open beta coming for the four-player brawler this July. That will be preceded by a closed alpha test for <em>MultiVersus<\/em>, which runs May 19-27. Interested players can register for a spot in the closed alpha at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/multiversus.com\/\"><em>MultiVersus<\/em>\u2019 official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p ><em>MultiVersus<\/em> was announced in November. Warner Bros. Games and developer Player First Games hope to distinguish <em>MultiVersus <\/em>from similar games, like <em>Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/em> and <em>Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl<\/em>, by releasing the game as free to play, with a team-based 2v2 format. The companies also promise full cross-play support \u2014 <em>MultiVersus<\/em> is coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X \u2014 and \u201cdedicated server-based rollback netcode and content-filled seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"source-image\">https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/zzjIC0ujznCTv39kV5xo3m9hmMU=\/0x0:1920&#215;1005\/fit-in\/1200&#215;630\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/23470866\/irongiantsupes.jpg<\/div>\n<div class=\"source-link\">https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23074801\/multiversus-roster-beta-dates-iron-giant-taz-velma-scooby-doo<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smash Bros. competitor MultiVersus adds Iron Giant, Scooby-Doo\u2019s Velma Warner Bros. Games\u2019 take on the Smash Bros. formula, MultiVersus, adds three more characters to its crossover roster: the Tasmanian Devil (aka Taz) from Looney Tunes, Velma from Scooby-Doo, and The Iron Giant from the heart-obliterating animated movie of the same name. Please, I do not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5645"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}