• Category Archives DC Universe Online

  • Playstation Network Down (For Most) For Most of Today

    Posted on January 19, 2012 by Omali Comment

    If you plan on doing anything that requires logging into Playstation Network, you have approximately ten minutes (until 11am eastern) to do so, otherwise you will be locked out for thirteen hours until tonight. Sony is conducting routine maintenance on the PSN servers, meaning during this time players will be unable to sign into the service in order to access the Playstation store, account management, and Playstation Home.

    This also means being unable to sign into Playstation Network to access your games online. To the best of my understanding, however, if you are signed in before the deadline, you will still be able to play multiplayer games, so make sure you do so in the next seven minutes (I’m going to waste half of that time writing this article). This includes, of course, Free Realms, DC Universe, and Massive Action Game.

    Any trophy you receive during the off time will sync when the servers come back up, as normal.

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  • DC Universe Introduces Crafting!

    Posted on January 10, 2012 by Omali Comment

    I love combat as much as the next person, but any MMO needs things to do in the off time between snapping Batman’s spine or turning The Joker into kebabs with your mighty blades of glory. So crafting in DC Universe has been a long time coming, oft talked about but not in much detail since the game launched last year. The update, going live today, allows players to gather blue prints and materials throughout the world, and use them to create new equipment mods and consumables.

    (Source: DC Universe)

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  • Oh Joy, The Sony Hackers Are Back!

    Posted on December 30, 2011 by Omali Comment

    Apparently someone is nostalgic for seven months ago when Sony’s services on Playstation 3 and PC were offline for weeks on end after a hacker broke into the database and walked out with a cartload of personal data. Thankfully, in their usual fashion, the Denial of Service group Anonymous has released a video in advance, warning Sony of an impending assault on their servers over the company’s support of SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) which is being heavily criticized for claims that it infringes on first amendment rights and will cause even more stability and less security on the internet.

    Does Sony support SOPA? This is the fun part, they don’t. All three console manufacturers (Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft) pulled their support of SOPA after heavy public backlash, although Sony is technically part of the Entertainment Software Association, who do still support SOPA. I suppose being right “in a manner of speaking” is still better than rushing out of the starting line with your shoes tied.

    With luck, Sony still has the phone numbers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from the last time. Looking forward to the arrest articles.

    This entry was posted in DC Universe Online, Editorials, Everquest, Everquest 2, Hot Titles, Killing MMOs, Live, Massive Action Game, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Planetside, Vanguard and tagged , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

  • Double Station Cash, December 20th Only

    Posted on December 20, 2011 by Omali 1 Comment

    On the 8th day of Christmas, my Sony gave to me: Double Station Cash. So you missed the triple Station Cash deal from the seventeenth and still want to get a good deal this month on fake money. Well you are in luck, because all day today* any purchase that you make either through Station.com or by redeeming a Station cash card (as seen above) will net you double the purchase value. Note that this does not include purchases made by mobile/SMS methods.

    Double Station Cash is just another one of Sony’s daily deals in the twelve days of Christmas.

    *Today means until midnight Pacific Standard Time

    This entry was posted in DC Universe Online, Everquest, Everquest 2, Free Realms, Hot Titles, Live, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Planetside and tagged , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

  • Triple Station Cash, December 17th Only

    Posted on December 17, 2011 by Omali Comment

    Sony cash days have achieved almost holiday status for some, like the return of the McRib or when your bank fires that teller who asks you for identification every time you just want to deposit a check. While Sony has performed double cash weekends in the past, this is one of the few times that triple cash has been offered, least of all allowing players to use a form of payment outside of the Station Cash cards (which are not available everywhere). For today only, until midnight pacific standard time, players can either purchase cash using a credit card or redeem Station cash cards, and receive triple the amount.

    Station cash is based on $1 = 100 points. You can read more at Sony’s website. Sony is currently running a “12 Days of Christmas” promotion, with new deals in various games every day.

    (Source: Station Cash)

    This entry was posted in DC Universe Online, Everquest, Everquest 2, Hot Titles, Live, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Vanguard and tagged , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

  • DC Universe F2P Fun Facts, And Vanguard Free To Play?

    Posted on November 22, 2011 by Omali 1 Comment

    If tweets carried a physical representation, the updates by John Smedley today would look not unlike grasping critics by the hair and smearing their faces in Sony’s statistics. Earlier today, Smedley tweeted a few of DC Universe’s accomplishments since its move to free to play:

    • Over 100% pre-f2p concurrent users.
    • 6% growth daily.
    • 700% increase in revenue (47% PC / 53% PS3)
    • Over 85% of daily logins are returning players.

    Additionally, a user by the name of mupchu777 tweeted to John Smedley: “how about making vanguard saga of Heroes ftp… If not just kill the game already.” Mr. Smedley tweeted a response, “stay tuned.”

    Cryptic.

    This entry was posted in DC Universe Online, Hot Titles, Live, Vanguard and tagged , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

  • DC Universe F2P Just Too Popular, Server Down

    Posted on November 4, 2011 by Omali Comment

    Someone better call Queen Latifah, because DC Universe players are bringing down the house. Literally! The US servers were in a state of limbo yesterday, going up and down as players flooded in to see Superman break Bane’s back, or vice versa. In response, Deadmeat has posted an announcement on the DC Universe forums:

    As folks have seen we have had some major issues today keeping our US Servers up and running.  We are working very hard to correct the problem and we will be keeping the servers down until we can deploy new software to help us fix the issues.  The response to our new Free to Play model has been overwhelming (literally) and we are very excited about all the new players in the game.  We are working hard to make sure DC Universe Online is the best experience possible.

    Hopefully Sony can get this fixed in a manner that does not involve the ritualistic sacrifice of whoever suggested merging servers right before a free to play transition. Or the sacrifice of a blogger who questions the viability of said sacrifice.

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  • Free To Play Tuesday: Rhyming Title Edition

    Posted on November 1, 2011 by Omali Comment

    Welcome to November, everyone. Now if you are following the free to play mashup, as I do, you know that the market is getting a lot more congested in quarter 4 of 2011. We’ve already seen the free to play conversions of City of Heroes, Fallen Earth last month, and today sees the extended downtime of DC Universe as Superman prepares to turn to capitalism. When the servers come back online, players will be able to dive in and be horribly camped and murdered by players who are at max level and have been playing since launch. Enjoy!

    Of course I kid, not that you won’t get slaughtered if you choose the player vs player server. Lineage II has also fully announced its switch to free to play, and from what NCsoft has announced, appears to be one of the most free games so far to don the term “free to play.” Players are able to buy vanity items, convenience items, and premium packs. Otherwise, all content is available for free. Expect more news later this year.

    Makes you wish Star Wars Galaxies went free to play, doesn’t it?

    This entry was posted in DC Universe Online, Lineage 2, Live and tagged , , . Bookmark the permalink.

  • GDC Online Awards: MMO Awards

    Posted on October 14, 2011 by Omali 1 Comment

    No, Games Developers Conference Online, the piggy nibbler award is for me. GDCO has come and gone, and although the Golden Joystick Awards won’t be released for a little while longer, I wanted to share the results. Because what makes for more controversy and argument than the opinion of someone who molded a piece of metal to represent that opinion?

    • Spiral Knights (Best Online Game Design)
    • DC Universe (Best Online Visual Arts)
    • Rift (Best Online Technology)
    • Wizard101 (Best Community)
    • Shadow Cities (Online Innovation Award)
    • Clone Wars Adventures (Best Audio for an Online Game)
    • Minecraft (Best Community Relations)
    • Garden of Time (Best Social Network Game)
    Everquest was also inducted into the GDCO Hall of Fame, next to Ultima Online.
    This entry was posted in DC Universe Online, Editorials, Everquest, Hot Titles, Live, Rift, Wizard101 and tagged , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.


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