Submitted by ionscifi on September 9, 2022 - 18:00
The Callisto Protocol game director Glen Schofield isn't the only developer forced to backpedal this week in response to being behind the times.
Warner Bros. free-to-play online 2D fighter Multiversus had included an ability which allowed Velma - of Scooby Doo - to summon a police car to take away another player.
Since it launched in February this year, fantasy action roleplaying game Elden Ring has near continuously topped a range of gaming charts, occasionally being displaced by a new release before typically retaking first place.
Warners Bros. free-to-play 2D fighter MultiVersus has managed to take first place on NPD's chart of US gaming sales for July.
While Marvel's Doctor Strange is doing his multiverse thing and topping cinema charts for a second week, DC aren't just quietly sitting in the corner.
Competing with Marvel at the cinemas might be madness and DC aren't. Instead their parent Warner Bros. are cannily capitalising on the multiverse vibe with a cinematic trailer for free-to-play 2D platforming online game, MultiVersus.