News

Rant: The Bewildering Technicolor Dreamcoat Of The Character Creation Process

See that guy up there at right? That’s “Bogeyman”, my DC Universe Online homage to the Hobgoblin as created by Roger Stern and John Romita, Sr back in 1983. I’m damn proud of him, but I can’t tell if his colours match, or can even be called “orange” and “blue”.


March 3, 2012
PC

March 13: DC Universe Online’s Battle For Earth

Brainiac is going down, but he’s not going down without a fight. Players looking to help serve the metal menace his final comeuppance should hit up DC Universe Online on the PlayStation 3 or PC March 13, when The Battle for Earth expansion goes live.


February 16, 2012
PC

Brainiac Falls And A Shocking New Threat Rises In DC Universe Online’s Battle For Earth

Heroes and villains alike have been dealing with the vile machinations of that vile machine Brainiac since the launch of DC Universe Online. With the game’s third major downloadable content pack his chapter finally ends and a new evil rises.


January 11, 2012
PC

The Heroes And Villains Of DC Universe Online Are A Crafty Bunch

Look folks, just because you’ve been granted superhuman powers that allow you to go toe-to-toe with the biggest names in the DC Universe doesn’t mean you can ignore your chores. In its latest free update DC Universe Online grants players the power to craft.


December 29, 2011
In Real Life

Is Nothing Kotaku’s Game Of The Year?

This may sound off-key coming from the guy who nominated the 12th edition of annual sports franchise for overall GOTY last year. But I’m inclined to say “None of the above,” this year. I prefer for these honours to truly mean the game, at minimum, was the best at what it did. This year’s big games, nearly all of them sequels, seem to arrive at that point more out of incumbency and the expectation that they would be a game of the year nominee.


December 14, 2011
PC

In DC Universe Online, Christmas Belongs To Larfleeze

First DC Universe Online introduced the Green, Yellow, and Red Lanterns. Now, just in time for Christmas, they’re getting all greedy. The one and only Orange Lantern Larfleeze has appeared in game update seven, spreading Season’s Greedings to Gotham and Metropolis.


December 2, 2011
News

Next Batman Video Game Won’t Look Like Arkham City

When I first heard about Gotham City Impostors, this lifelong Batman fan got very nervous. Part of it comes from the way the game’s premise rubs up uncomfortably against Caped Crusader canon.


November 22, 2011
PC

What Difference Did Going Free-To-Play Make For DC Universe Online?

We know that DC Universe Online‘s recent switch from subscription-based MMO to free-to-play added one million subscribers to the game in one week, but what does one million free players mean to the bottom line? How’s a 700 per cent increase in daily revenue, for starters?


November 18, 2011
PlayStation

See Barry Allen Become The Flash In DC Universe Online’s Next Extension

Tour Central City, the home turf of The Flash, and go back in time to the moment Barry Allen became the Scarlet Speedster with “Lightning Strikes”, the second downloadable content extension for DC Universe Online. The package also delivers new Electricity Powers, the game’s eighth power set, for your character creation/re-spec.


November 12, 2011
PC

One Million Players Join DC Universe Online One Week After It Goes Free-to-Play

We already know that over 120,000 PC users joined DC Universe Online in 24 hours after the Sony Online Entertainment title went free-to-play, but now the publisher’s revealing more about how big the shift has been for them.