DC Universe Dated For Later This Year
DC Universe Online, the long in-development MMO, was given a release date yesterday of November this year. The game, developed by Sony Online's brand-new Austin studio, will be available for the PC and PS3 and allows fans the ability to fight alongside (or against!) a wide cast of DC heroes. It's an exhaustive list, but screencaps and videos have shown the likes of Superman, Batman, Nightwing, Robin, Flash, Green Arrow, Wonder Woman, Green Lanterns Hal and Jon, to name a few. The villains cast stretches on just as long with Solomon Grundy, Lex Luthor, Sinestro, Bizarro, Riddler, The Joker, and Doomsday.
Character creation will require you to align yourself to a side and take on missions through communication with Oracle to gain XP, which can be traded in for powers and armor. Your equipment seems to play an important role in leveling up, as tech demos have shown players gaining a power boost after defeating mission boss Harley Quinn and plundering her hat. While most demonstrations show custom characters with funky, spiked armor, the powers gained through your spoils can be absorbed, allowing you to ditch the jester cap and fight crime in nothing but your undies, if that's your thing.
Early reports show disappointment in the game's overall polish despite the creative efforts plugged in directly from DC. Jim Lee contributed to character design, and Geoff Johns acted as scriptwriter, which sounds like a proper deal for me, given that most missions are centered around fast and loose villain-beat-em-ups. Fortunately, we'll be able to try it out for ourselves before the holiday season, and more details will surely emerge at the upcoming E3 and Comic-Con screenings.
via [Newsarama]
Rubber Justice
Posted to Superheroes, toys on 2 June 2010
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As a DC fan I can't help but be excited about this. I'm hoping that they're listening carefully to the current concerns/critiques and polish up the combat between now and November. They'd be crazy not to, what with DCE being in place now, I have to imagine they want this game to be a well-reviewed portal to the DC Universe.