Multi Versus, the first video game to notice that Shaggy (from Scooby-Doo) and Superman (from Superman) could probably throw down, is almost upon us. This means that, because it’s a fighting game with online multiplayer, there’s an open beta you can get in on.

For most people, a free open beta will begin on July 26 — however there are a few ways players can gain admission to the beta’s Early Access period, which begins today.

The first is via purchasing the MultiVersus Founder’s Pack, which will grant instant access to the beta in addition to instant character unlocks, premium currency, and other premium items for the free-to-play game. The other is to score a code by watching streamers playing with Twitch Drops enabled. Additionally, players who participated in the previous MultiVersus closed alpha will have early access to the beta starting today.

The open beta is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and Windows PC with cross-play and cross-progression support across all platforms. A full release date is currently TBD, but owning your friends with sick Bugs Bunny air combos is just as valid in beta as it is in 1.0.

It costs $255 to unlock everything in MultiVersus that can’t be earned by playing

A large number of skins and other extras can only be bought with real money.

Players would have to spend at least $250 / £200 to unlock everything in MultiVersus at launch.

The Warner Bros. brawler’s open beta is available to everyone on July 26, but early access was made available today to those who played the closed alpha, those who won codes via Twitch drops, or those who pay for a Founder’s Pack bundle (costing between $40 and $100).

As the beta stands, there are two types of currency available: coins, which can be earned through normal gameplay, and Gleamium, which can only be bought with real money.

However, right now a sizeable portion of the game’s cosmetic content can only be bought with Gleamium, and can’t be unlocked through normal play.

Gleamium comes in four packs:

450 for $4.99 / £3.99
1,000 for $9.99 / £7.99
2,200 for $19.99 / £15.99
6,000 for $49.99 / £39.99

At first, only four of the game’s 16 characters are playable (a fifth, Wonder Woman, is unlocked after playing the tutorial). The rest can either be unlocked with coins or by paying 700 Gleamium (at least $10), a total of 7,700 (at least $70) to unlock them all.

(Note: real-world values in this article are based on the minimum spend needed when starting from 0 Gleamium)

However, since they can still be unlocked through normal play we haven’t taken this total into account in our headline figure.

Of the 17 unlockable skins in MultiVersus, 13 have to be bought with Gleamium: collecting all would cost at least $125 alone

In most of the other categories of unlockables, a handful of items can be unlocked through in-game play, either by reaching certain experience levels with a certain character or progressing through the free version of the Battle Pass.

However, the majority can only be bought with Gleamium, with no apparent way to unlock them without spending money.

This can be detailed in full in our MultiVersus unlockables guide, which breaks down every unlockable and how to acquire it, but a basic summary is as follows:

Character skins – 17 in total, 13 are Gleamium-only (total cost is 14,450, at least $125)
Ringout VFX animations – 14 in total, 9 are Gleamium-only (total cost is 9,600, at least $85)
Taunts – 16 in total, 13 are Gleamium-only (total cost is 5,300, at least $50)
Sticker emotes – 5 in total, 2 are Gleamium-only (total cost is 300, at least $5)
Banners – 8 in total, 1 is Gleamium-only (total cost is 350, at least $5)

The total cost of all of these is exactly 30,000 Gleamium. However, some skins, ringout VFX, taunts, stickers and banners can only be unlocked through the Premium Battle Pass, which costs 300 (because it’s only a short pre-season one – the first full season arrives in August, with a larger and presumably more expensive Battle Pass).