Earlier this week, Warner Bros. Games and developer Player First Games shared the launch trailer for the upcoming platform fighter MultiVersus. The trailer revealed two more characters coming to the game: Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th and Agent Smith from The Matrix.
Both characters are set to join the game alongside DC Super-Villain The Joker as part of Season 1: Puns & Villainy. While Agent Smith will be coming later in the season, Jason Voorhees will be available at the game's launch next week.
Ahead of his arrival, Warner Bros. has shared a new trailer for Jason Voorhees that highlights his scary moveset. Jason is classified as a Tank class character with a moveset that incorporates his axe and machete weapons. He also has a teleport ability that allows him to show up right behind opponents and a move that stuff his enemies into a sleeping bag, allowing him to launch them off the map.
The trailer also provides a glimpse of the "Uber Jason” character variant which is based on his appearance from the Jason X film.
"Ki-Ki-Ki Ma-Ma-Ma Jason, our special, special boy," Player First Games teased. "The Masked Weirdo has come to MultiVersus!"
Despite hailing from a violent horror franchise, Player First Games has managed to create a version of Jason Voorhees that is still true to his origin but less scary and a bit more "cartoonish."
Jason will be fighting against and alongside an ever-expanding roster of popular characters based on Warner Bros. Discovery franchises. Announced characters currently include Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, Black Adam, and The Joker (DC); Shaggy and Velma (Scooby-Doo); Bugs Bunny, Tasmanian Devil a.k.a. Taz, and Marvin the Martian (Looney Tunes); Arya Stark (Game of Thrones); Tom & Jerry (Tom and Jerry); Finn the Human, Jake the Dog, and Banana Guard (Adventure Time); Steven Universe and Garnet (Steven Universe); Iron Giant (The Iron Giant), LeBron James (Space Jam: A New Legacy); Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith (Rick and Morty); Gizmo and Stripe (Gremlins); Agent Smith (The Matrix); and an extraordinary original creature named Reindog.
MultiVersus is a free-to-play platform fighter in the same vein as Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. franchise. The game is set to officially launch next week on May 28th. It will be available for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 consoles, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One consoles, and PC (Steam and Epic Games Store), with full cross-play and cross-progression support.