Chess Multiverse (series)

***Chess Multiverse*** is a chess strategy video game series featuring chess sets based on many media including the American computer animated series *Zachary, Grace and Lexia*.

## Details

**Genre(s)**

Strategy

**Developer(s)**

Team17

**Publisher(s)**

Activision

**Platform(s)**

Microsoft Windows

PlayStation 2 (2004-2013)

Xbox (2004-2009)

GameCube (2004-2009)

Mac OS X (2004-2012)

PlayStation Portable (2005-2014)

Xbox 360 (2005-2017)

PlayStation 3 (2006-2017)

Wii (2006-2017)

iOS (2008-present)

Android (2009-present)

PlayStation Vita (2012-2019)

OS X (2013-2015)

Wii U (2012-2017)

PlayStation 4 (2013-present)

Xbox One (2013-present)

macOS (2016-present)

Nintendo Switch (2017-present)

Xbox Series X/S (2020-present)

PlayStation 5 (2020-present)

**First release**

*Chess Multiverse*

May 11, 2004

**Latest release**

*Chess Multiverse XX*

May 16, 2023

## Games

All games are developed by Team17 and published by Activision.

### *Chess Multiverse*

* Release Dates: May 11, 2004 (PS2, Xbox, GameCube and PC) and March 24, 2005 (PlayStation Portable)

### *Chess Multiverse II*

* Release Dates: May 17, 2005 (PS2, PSP, Xbox, GameCube and PC) and November 22, 2005 (Xbox 360)

### *Chess Multiverse III*

* Release Dates: May 16, 2006 (PS2, PSP, Xbox, Xbox 360, GameCube and PC), November 17, 2006 (PlayStation 3) and November 19, 2006 (Wii)

### *Chess Multiverse VIII*

* Release Dates: May 17, 2011 (PS2, PS3, PSP, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, iOS and Android) and February 22, 2012 (PlayStation Vita)

### *Chess Multiverse IX*

* Release Dates: May 15, 2012 (PS2, PS3, PSP, PS Vita, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, iOS and Android) and November 18, 2012 (Wii U)

### *Chess Multiverse X*

* Release Dates: May 14, 2013 (PS2, PS3, PSP, PS Vita, Xbox 360, Wii, Wii U, PC, iOS and Android), November 15, 2013 (PlayStation 4) and November 22, 2013 (Xbox One)

### *Chess Multiverse XIII*

* Release Dates: May 17, 2016 (PS3, PS4, PS Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii, Wii U, PC, iOS and Android) and March 3, 2017 (Nintendo Switch)

### *Chess Multiverse XVII*

* Release Dates: May 12, 2020 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, iOS and Android), November 10, 2020 (Xbox Series X/S) and November 12, 2020 (PlayStation 5)

## Trivia

* A lot of strategic fans compare the series to another game developed by Team17 but was originally going be published by Activision, *Worms 3D* in many ways:

1. In the same way as the worms, the chess pieces jump when they move two spaces and knights (as well as the king when castling) hop over other pieces and they also die in a different death explosion depending on the piece that captured them.
2. The king gets stunned when checkmated, the same way the worms do when taking fall damage.
3. The pawns teleport off the board when being promoted, and the queen, bishop, knight or rook would teleport onto the board in its place, the same way the worms do when using the teleport utility.
4. The king starts panicking in different ways depending on the piece that threatened him with capture when in check the same way the worms do when an explosive is about to blow up in front of them.
5. When the threatening piece is attacked or blocked by a piece on the opposite side, the king who got out of check sighs in relief the same way the worms do when a shot misses them.
6. The winning side jump up and down or clap their hands when winning, the same way the worms of the winning team do.
7. Chess pieces surrender when a game ends in stalemate or when the player resigns from the game the same way the worms do when surrendering.