PC

As DC Universe Online Merges Into "Megaservers," Which Hero Will Keep His Name?!

Four “Megaservers” unifying DC Universe Online by platform and region will deploy on Monday, offering larger populations for raids, alerts and other missions, as well as swapping between PvP and PvE on demand.


August 4, 2011
PlayStation

DC Universe Online Brings Multitude Of Heroes To Fortress Of Solitude

DC Universe Online‘s latest game update delivers a new group raid in Superman’s hideout, and tunes up the difficulty in the old one at Batman’s crash pad. It’s available now for the game on PS3 and PC.


July 22, 2011
PC

Behold The Power Of Green Lantern’s Light In D.C. Universe Online

From the beginning, in every panel on the game, in its every appearance here at Comic-Con, there has been one question facing D.C. Universe Online


July 1, 2011
PlayStation

D.C. Universe Online Adds Microtransaction Support

D.C. Universe Online has launched something called the “DCUO Marketplace,” and while its shelves are pretty bare, what it could portend down the line is worth paying attention, if not cash.


May 14, 2011
PlayStation

Sony Online Entertainment Finalises Post-Crash Prize Patrol Plans

As the custodians of games that are completely unplayable during Sony’s massive network outage, Sony Online Entertainment has an especially tough job winning back MMO players who have sat idle for 22 days and counting. SOE has now posted its full list of goodies for subscribers to nine MMOs; free subscription time, in-game content and special XP events are all planned.


May 12, 2011
News

Sony Online Entertainment Loses Development Chief To Zynga

John Blakely, a nine-year veteran of Sony Online Entertainment and most recently its vice president of development, has apparently left the company for casual-games behemoth Zynga.


February 25, 2011
PC

A Brutal Initiation To PvP — But One I Chose

I was adjusting my costume atop a skyscraper in Gotham City when a tour bus soared up into view and hovered there. There was a red diamond on my mini-map, meaning an enemy human player. If Had I created Wile E. Coyote here in D.C. Universe Online, I would have cowered under a tiny umbrella, or a sign that said “Yipe!”


February 3, 2011
PlayStation

D.C. Universe Online MMO Log Part Three: In Blackest Night

The makers of DC Universe Online advised that some missions are unbeatable without resorting to that classic comic-book convention, the superhero team-up. Bogged down against the Sinestro Corps, I went in search of a big friend who wanted big action.


January 28, 2011
PC

A Comic Book Game Restores A Feeling Of Power

Finishing off Giganta in D.C. Universe Online this week, I was treated to this scene, and a reminder that no matter how much the medium matures, comic books’ emotional attachment is made in your youngest and most vulnerable years.


January 27, 2011
PlayStation

D.C. Universe MMO Log Part Two: Won’t Let Them Grind Me Down

DC Universe Online is meant to be grind-free; players will advance by completing missions, not menial tasks. So what’s an MMO novice to do when he hits a tough mission and can’t simply level up to overwhelm it?