DC Universe Online to go free-to-play on November 1
Today, during the DC Universe Online developer "live-cast," Sony Online Entertainment revealed that its super-powered MMO will go free-to-play on November 1.
Today, during the DC Universe Online developer "live-cast," Sony Online Entertainment revealed that its super-powered MMO will go free-to-play on November 1.
SOE revealed in September that DC Universe Online would shift to a free-to-play model at some point this year. Since then, multiple updates have added content to the game. Users with "Legendary" memberships--priced at the game's normal $14.99 rate--will gain free access to updates.
Most recently, DCUO has added new features and abilities, such as powers based on the Green Lantern Corps. Additional Superman 'Fortress of Solitude' was released earlier this month.
DCUO is available in three flavors now: Legendary, Premium ($5 a month with some limitations), and Free (with more limitations.) Limitations include character slots, maximum in-game currency, number of inventory slots, and more. A complete breakdown of membership differences can be found the game's official site.
The webcast is available to watch online now, if you'd prefer to see the announcement for yourself. Sorry for totally ruining the surprise ending, though.
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replyXav de Matos posted a new article, DC Universe Online to go free-to-play on November 1.
Today, during the DC Universe Online developer "live-cast," Sony Online Entertainment revealed that its super-powered MMO will go free-to-play on November 1.-
I liked DCUO, but the UI and chat interfaces were really awkward on the PC, no doubt due to it being a console port.
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Waiting on Champions for the consoles. Then I'll give these MMO's a try. I don't like grinding. So even then somebody would have to buy it for me and then they would have to spring for like a 9 month membership (unless it was free), then I would have to have the time, since I play like a million different games at a time.
Lot of if's.
In other words, who the fuck has the time to grind on these games?-
DCUO is kind of a button mashing beat em up in a world with a ton of other players you can team up with. I played the PS3 version for a few months, and it's way different gameplay wise than other MMOs.
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Champions online for consoles? I'm pretty sure they canceled that quite some time back.
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I think(who'da thunk it) that I'm completely burned out on super heroes
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wow..is this the quickest an MMO has gone 'free to play'? The game was in development for years and it's only been out for less than a year right?
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Released in January. They went from 26 to four servers a month or two ago.
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If I ever buy a PS3 I'll remember to try this again.
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