DC Universe Online

DC Universe Online vs Champions Online

Posted on Jan 27, 2009

Back in early 2004 the first superhero MMO, City of Heros created by Cryptic Studios, was released and from what I can remember with decent reviews.  The game has done pretty well peaking around 200,000 users at its height and as of Sept 2008 had around 125,000 subscribers.  Not a huge success by any means [...]

DC Universe Online Turns One

Posted on Jan 11, 2012

Today marks the one year anniversary for DC Universe Online and to help celebrate SOE has released a new in-game item, the Anniversary Cape, although failed to mention how to obtain one. Maybe everyone gets one. Sony Online Entertainment also released some stats for the last year which include some impressive numbers. More than 3.5 million hero characters [...]

DC Universe Online 700% Increase in Daily Revenue

Posted on Nov 21, 2011

In a few Tweets today, President of  Sony Online Entertainment John Smedley, announced that since the switch to free-to-play, DC Universe Online has increased its revenue by 700% daily. John also mentioned the player base is growing at a pace of 6% daily with the PS3 version edging out the PC version with 53% of the share. The [...]

Free-to-Play: Business is Booming

Posted on Nov 11, 2011

Just over a week ago did DC Universe Online went free to play with Sony Online Entertainment bragging about how its player population increased by 1000% in the first few days. Today we learned that over one million new players have registered since the switch, which means the game only had 100,000 players before. So it’s very [...]

DCUO Free2Play Site Update

Posted on Nov 02, 2011

The new DC Universe Online website has been launched and the game is now official a free-to-play MMORPG. To go along with the launch SOE has released a new trailer, but unfortunately it’s not embedable so you’ll need to go to the DCUO site to watch it. The new membership plans have been revealed for some time, [...]

DC Universe Online Goes Free-to-Play

Posted on Sep 19, 2011

It seems like we don’t go a week these days without announcing another subscription based MMORPG switching gears and going the way of Free-to-Play. This week we have the announcement from SOE that DC Universe Online is going free-to-play in early October. DCUO will soon be available as a free download on the PSN and will require [...]

DC Universe Online: Fight for the Light Gets a Release Date

Posted on Sep 01, 2011

The release date to the next major content update to DC Universe Online has been announced as Sept 6th.  The DLC, Fight for the Light, will introduce the Green Lantern and a new light power set. Players will be able to join the Green Lantern Corps or Sinestro Corps, depending which side you’re on, as reserve members. [...]

DC Universe Online MegaServers Coming Monday

Posted on Aug 06, 2011

MegaServers are on there way to DC Universe Online this Monday allowing for much larger player populations. The new MegaServers will combine the current servers allowing for more players in cites, combat area, alerts, raid zones and pretty much everywhere else. Aside from the obvious increase in player populations, the new servers will be arranged in “Phases”, [...]

DCUO New Fight for the Light Trailer

Posted on Jul 21, 2011

SOE released a new trailer for the upcoming DC Universe Online update, Fight for the Light.  The trailers shows off some more of the new light-powers heading to DCUO. If your interested, head to the official Green Lantern DUCO page for more information about the upcoming content update. DC Universe Online’s “Fight for the Light” DLC will be [...]

DCUO: Fight for the Light DLC Announced

Posted on Jul 11, 2011

SOE today announced the first mini expansion for DC Universe Online called “Fight for the Light”, which will be a Green Lantern themed update.  I’m not surprised it being a Green Lantern themed content update, but I am surprised they didn’t line it up better with the release of the movie. Fight for the Light will included [...]

Ra’s Al Ghul Takes Revenge in DCUO

Posted on Jun 17, 2011

The latest content update, Ra’s al Ghul’s Revenge, is now live on DC Universe Online servers. In the latest content update, players will be forced to team up or against DC legends Poison Ivy or Swamp Thing in an epic battle for the Green, a mystical realm that connects all plant life. Heroes will be aligned with Swamp [...]