MultiVersus kicked of Season 1 last month, attracting millions of players and becoming a huge success out of the gate. To keep fans engaged, MultiVersus developer Player First Games will need to ensure that there's a steady stream of new content released for the crossover fighting game. The main way this will be accomplished is through the addition of new characters, and it seems as though MultiVersus' next character will be added sooner rather than later.
MultiVersus has released a brief teaser trailer of what appears to be a mogwai, the adorable fuzzy creatures seen in the popular 1984 horror comedy film Gremlins. In the teaser, the mogwai is trapped in a box, but it starts to open the lid and giggle as the camera cuts away. The associated tweet released alongside the teaser says that MultiVersus fans have a surprise headed their way on Tuesday, suggesting September 6 will see the creature either added to the game's playable roster, or that the full reveal will take place on that day.
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Fans have known for some time that Gremlins content is coming to MultiVersus. Previous leaks made fans believe that MultiVersus was going to add the friendly mogwai Gizmo to the roster, but it's since been confirmed that the villainous Stripe is coming to the game instead. In the Gremlins movies, mogwais turn into gremlins when they eat food after midnight. It's possible that this mogwai is the one that turns into Stripe, and that transforming from a mogwai to a gremlin is part the character's kit, though that is just speculation at this time. Fans will have to wait for Tuesday, September 6 to find out more.
If MultiVersus adds Stripe to the roster on September 6, it will come as quite the surprise. After all, MultiVersus just added Morty to the roster about a week ago, and so fans wouldn't expect Stripe to come so soon. If Stripe does join the MultiVersus roster on September 6, though, it will still leave two more new characters to add before MultiVersus Season 1 wraps up on November 15.
The remaining two characters that have been confirmed for MultiVersus Season 1 are Rick of Rick and Morty fame and Black Adam from DC Comics. Since the Black Adam film is coming out in October, one would imagine that the character would be added to MultiVersus around the same time to capitalize on the buzz surrounding the movie. If MultiVersus wants to stick to one new character addition per month, that would mean Rick would be added in November, though Player First Games has not actually said anything about when it will be adding these characters, so fans should keep that in mind.
Besides new characters, MultiVersus fans are also waiting to see new game modes. Season 1 will be adding the anticipated MultiVersus Ranked and Arcade modes, though they lack release dates at the time of this writing.
MultiVersus is out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
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