DC Universe beta ends with a bang

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 5 January, 2011

Batman vs. The Joker! Superman vs. Luthor!

PC and PlayStation 3 MMO DC Universe will end its beta today for US gamers and tomorrow for European gamers, but not without one last bang.

Sony Online Entertainment plans to stage The Battle of the Legends event in-game. Beta players can align and fight alongside or against some of DC Comics' superheroes and villains as they go at it, including Batman, Superman, Lex Luthor and The Joker.

All you have to do is show up to the battle when it erupts on your server. SOE detailed the server names, dates, times and locations over on its official forum.

DC Universe Online launches in the UK next Friday. It'll cost UK PC and PlayStation 3 gamers £9.99 a month to play. A three-month subscription costs £27.99. A six-month sub sets you back £49.99.

There will be no annual or lifetime subscription plan for the PS3 version "at launch". On PC, a 12 month subscription costs £89.99, and a lifetime subscription £129.99.

Both the PC and PS3 versions of the game will be sold for £39.99 in shops, and both come with a free 30-day subscription.

Thanks to reader Liam Brown for the heads-up.

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Comments (15) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • TafKas #1 1 year ago

    I really enjoyed my time in the beta, not sure I'll be going for the full game just yet though, too much coming out that I want to play that would detract me from playing it, but its certainly on the cards for later in the year!

  • telboy007 #2 1 year ago

    A friend of mine played this and complained about the game freezing his PS3 quite a lot, anyone else get that?

  • ZizouFC #3 1 year ago

    This sounds awesome. Wish I could take part but I plan on buying it next week.

  • FortysixterUK #4 1 year ago

    A couple of folks I know who are playing this beta on PS3 both feel the game is nowhere near completion and is not fit for release on PS3, lockups, glitches, occasional game stopping bug...hmm...business as usual for the MMO market then.
    No idea about the pc version.

  • TafKas #5 1 year ago

    I never suffered that issue, one thing that did crop up from time to time for me was the sound cutting out, only character sounds though. Ambient sounds and the music would remain, but speech on some of the boss encounters would start but not finish, if I died and re-tried however it would return or cut out at a different point! Was still great fun though!!

  • M_of_the_sys #6 1 year ago

    @telboy007

    I had quite a lot of freezes during the beta where I had to turn off the PS3. I haven't played it since the update though so it may have been resolved.
    Despite the freezes, I really enjoyed what I did get to play of the game.

  • FortysixterUK #7 1 year ago

    I just went to the official site for this game.
    I thought I'd click on the pre-order deals button. When you do this it asks you to choose your country. UK is not there.
    I then decided to go to the forums to see what info I could find. Clicking on any forum link sent me to an error screen.
    I closed the webpage and have now walked away from this game

  • Shikasama #8 1 year ago

    I pre ordered it on steam and it didnt say anything about how to order your beta key :(

  • SEVQA #9 1 year ago

    "£39.99 in shops, and both come with a free 30-day subscription."

    40 quid for subscription game is not really 30 days free as you have effectively paid for it! and then an extra tenner for the cd and box.

    I'm really looking forward to this being a massive DC fan though not keen on the subscription model!

  • Kremlik Verified Co-Founder, Crash To Desktop #10 1 year ago

    Actally the pc version is £29.99 RRP whereas the PS3 is the 'normal' £39.99, dunno whats happened with the pricing in some cases they've priced the PS3 one far cheaper then the PC, from the looks of things PS3's servers run EU/US and don't share any data with it's PC counterpart (due to the PSN accounts system) and I'm hoping and it's looking like it's true SOE have done their standard US and EU servers up HOWEVER you aren't locked to either (ie EU players can goto the US ones etc etc).

    As for places to buy GAME had the pc version at £25 on their site last week - i think it's still there, Steam is a good option too.

    As far as the 'buggy' situation is PS3 in my experence has had no issues with, PC from gameplay footage on youtube needs tweeking here and there but isn't gamebreaking, oh FYI don't pick pistols as your weapon choice it makes combat far too easy and boring to start with then pins you to a wall and laughs at you later on.

    overall the game isn't one of the now 'WoW' styled titles where 'you must get to cap and raid to enjoy', it's more along the lines of what LOTRO/CoX is where you play to RP with friends and just play the story - anyone hoping to gain epix and 'win the game' as fast as possible, I'll save you time and money, DON'T buy this, you'll just flood SOE's forums with 'lacks content' posts within weeks. Anyone wanting to explore three DC cities full of unlocks and lore - buy this asap
    Edited by Kremlik at 05/01/11 @ 14:03

  • Death-Jester #11 1 year ago

    Damn :(
    I preordered this game and missed out on the beta by about 2 hours :(

  • Shikasama #12 1 year ago

    Kremlik - How would you place it for someone not overly familiar with the DC backstory? I'm pretty much a Marvel die-hard but I'm gagging for a proepr pick up and play super MMO.

    Would it be worth me spending an afternoon on wiki do you think?

  • AOFanboi #13 1 year ago

    Had freezes before the 1.01 update, not after.

    Doesn't help on button-mashing gameplay and "cheap" bosses though. Maybe some of the missions that are designed for cooperation will work better in retail, but aspects of the interface (e.g. holding L2/R2 to enable one half of the hotkey bar) seems a bit cumbersome, and also sometimes the particle effects just obscure everything.

    Maybe when Cataclysm wears off its welcome. It does prove that a MMO can work on a console though, despite the naysayers.

  • Climhazzard #14 1 year ago

    Pre ordered this for less than 35 from game on ps3. Looking for a decent mmo with all the disappointment of late.

  • Kremlik Verified Co-Founder, Crash To Desktop #15 1 year ago

    @Shik - it's about 50/50 theres a lot of places which give little bits of law in the sence of major locations, some of the 'boss' headlines (movies) actally give you a bit of lore behind them once you beat them, however the voiceover work assumes you know the law for instance 'you've destroyed Brainiac's bottle' seems rather 'huh?' if you don't actally know what it actally is.

    It's ok if you know a basic understanding of DC, but for a complete noob most will go over their heads early on