Judging solely by its list of features, you know DC Universe Online is a heroic feat. Sony Online Entertainment has included every facet of the now traditional World of Warcraft-style MMO, including skill trees, loot and instances, raids and open-world PvP (and soon, an Auction House). The developer has even shoehorned it all into a console-style interface, ...
DC Universe Online invites Orange Lanterns for the holidays
Not only is DC Universe Online already giving you the greatest gift of all (being free), but it's currently doubling down on the generosity with a bonus holiday event called "Season's Greedings." Not only will you find some festive decorations around the world, but Larfleeze, leader of the greedy ...
DCUO nets 1 million new players since going F2P
Sure, a 1000 percent increase in players for DC Universe Online sounds big, but you know what sounds really big? A million new players, which is how many have signed up since the MMO went free-to-play earlier this month. According to Sony Online Entertainment, the number of new signups is evenly ...
PSN Tuesday: Hydrophobia, DC Universe Online F2P, more PS2 games
Dark Energy Digital decants Hydrophobia Prophecy onto PSN this week -- free for Plus members, $10 for everyone else. In other format-change news, the multiplatform side-scroller Max & The Magic Marker comes to PS3, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe goes downloadable, and DC Universe Online ...
DC Universe Online Facebook page teases fifth update 'soon' [update: how about now?]
DC Universe Online's official Facebook account has teased the fifth update for the popular console and PC MMO, hinting at new features and new characters to play with. The "Fate of the Fortress" update will include a new difficulty mode for the Hive Alert zone (with new loot to match), a duel ...
DC Universe Online merging regular servers into MegaServers this Monday
DC Universe Online's rapidly approaching MegaServers unification program will be joining heroic forces together, whether they like it or not. The costumed crime-fighting MMO's 26 worldwide servers are set to be merged into 4 "MegaServers;" 1 PC and 1 PS3 server for the US, with twin servers ...
Green Lantern powers crash-land in DC Universe Online with new DLC
DC Universe Online gives players their choice of several comic-inspired powers, but one genre of abilities has been notably absent: stretching your body into crazy shapes like Plastic Man. Oh, and the Green Lantern's light powers. Sony Online Entertainment has decided upon this summer to ...
Sony Online Entertainment senior producer becomes Zynga Austin GM
At Sony Online Entertainment in Austin, Texas, John Blakely headed up projects ranging from Star Wars Galaxies to DC Universe Online. Now, Blakely is leading Zynga's Austin-based offices, acting as general manager for the studio in a move spotted this past week. Blakely's LinkedIn profile indicates ...
SOE announces free month, rewards for players affected by downtime
Despite initial assurances, Sony Online Entertainment eventually confirmed that yes, it did misplace some of your user data recently, and the company feels really, really sorry about that. It can't actually get the data back, of course (that's not how it works), but SOE says it will do its best ...
DC Universe Online players get credit, mask for downtime
Sony Online Entertainment plans to give all DC Universe Online players a free month and "Batman-Inspired mask" as compensation for the current outage. The company asked players on the game's Facebook page to bear with them as "the complexities of the subscription server dictate how and when this ...
DC Universe Online 'Super-Servers' to address queue time issues
"Super-Servers" sure sounds like a euphemism for "server merge," a sign that the DC Universe Online community is in rapid decline, but SOE is putting a positive spin on its plan to address "concerns about queue times on the servers." The DCUO operator expects to begin testing "new technology to ...
Featured Stories
The most popular posts
in the last 7 days
- Vita 'UMD Passport' won't be offered in US 220 comments
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning review: A tempting fate 153 comments
- David Jaffe leaves Eat Sleep Play, layoffs hit developer [Update] 108 comments
- Don't call it a remake: Final Fantasy X is a 'remaster,' to be clear 95 comments
- Battleship movie adapted into FPS by Double Helix 93 comments
