DC Universe Online is a Free-to-Play, massive multiplayer online action game set in the popular DC Comics universe. Become one of a new breed of Heroes or Villains and wield incredible powers as you go to war with legendary characters such as Batman, Superman, Lex Luthor and The Joker.
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Mixed (217 reviews) - 66% of the 217 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.
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Very Positive (9,461 reviews) - 83% of the 9,461 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date: 2 Nov, 2011

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4 August

Suicide Squad Comes to DCUO! Plus, Bonus PvP Weekend!



Not all heroes are good. Not all villains are bad. And there’s no group where this is truer than in the Suicide Squad. This summer, it’s good to be bad in DCUO. Here are the latest Suicide Squad-themed additions, available now!

New PvP Gear: Deadshot!

Do you have enviable aim? Show everyone that they don’t want to get caught in your crosshairs with styles inspired by Deadshot. With these new styles, players can now unlock a more powerful set of PvP gear, after obtaining all previous sets.

New 4v4 PvP Map: Belle Reve!

In Amanda Waller’s pursuit to find Heroes and Villains to fill her Suicide Squad ranks, she is sending authorities into Gotham City to arrest people and pitting them against each other. Harley Quinn, under Waller’s watchful eye, has been ‘detained and delegated’ to manage the ‘interviews’ of Belle Reve’s newest inmates as they battle for survival and supremacy. Match up against the best of the best and find out if you’re Squad-worthy in our new Arena and Legends Deathmatch map: Belle Reve!

DC Bombshells Harley Quinn Styles!


Ready to rev up your look? Dress like the pin-up who packs a punch with styles inspired by DC Bombshells Harley Quinn! This style pack, available now in the Marketplace, includes six style items (the DC Bombshell Harley Belt, Shoes, Goggles, Gloves, Shorts, and Chest).

NOTE: the DC Bombshells Harley hairstyle is sold separately, in the DC Bombshells Hairstyle Pack.

Bonus PvP Weekend!


Make the most of this Suicide Squad weekend in Belle Reve with DOUBLE the rewards in PvP. Players will receive double the usual Marks of Valor and Marks of Legend when completing any PvP match this weekend (Arenas and Legends). The bonus marks begin today, August 4, 2016, at 10AM PT, and end on Monday, August 8, 2016, at 10AM PT.

 

Questions? Comments? Join the discussion on the official DCUO forums!

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27 July

Episode 26 Now Available!



Episode 26 Now Available For All Players!
 

Episode 26 features the ultimate caper with Harley Quinn as the girls head into Wayne Manor to kidnap Bruce Wayne. Plus, the fates of worlds hang in the balance as the Kryptonian storyline concludes in the bottle city of Kandor. Members automatically have access to the new Episode, and non-members can now purchase the new Episode in the Marketplace. 

New Duo: Wayne Manor Gala

Bruce Wayne and his philanthropic guests are raising funds for the victims of the Brainiac Invasion at Wayne Manor tonight. Rumor has it something sinister is going to go down at the Gala. Many heroes are expected to be in attendance which means mayhem will find this opportunity hard to pass up. Blend in and dance the night away in the new Duo: Wayne Manor Gala! Gain access to new feats, collections and gear! Free to access for Members!

• To play this 2-player Duo, your character must be level 30 and have a minimum Combat Rating of 162.
• Open your On Duty Menu and look for the new Duo under Tier 8 of the 2-Player Tab.

New 8-Player Raid: Kandor Central Tower

Using stolen technology, General Zod has restored Kandor to its normal size! Still trapped within Brainiac’s bottle, Kandor now resides in the Arctic near the Fortress of Solitude. While its unknown whether Kandor on its own is a threat to Humanity, there is no doubt that Zod intends to raise an army of Kryptonians and rule the planet. Join Superman, Superboy, and Supergirl in Kandor to convince everyone that Humans and Kryptonians can share the planet and live in peace in the new 8-Player Raid: Kandor Central Tower! Gain access to new feats, collections and gear! Free to access for Members!

• To play this 8-player Raid, your character must be level 30 and have a minimum Combat Rating of 162.
• Open your On Duty Menu and look for the new Raid under Tier 8 of the 8-Player Tab.

Questions? Comments? Join the discussion with your comments on the official forum!

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About This Game

DC Universe Online is a Free-to-Play, massive multiplayer online action game set in the popular DC Comics universe. Become one of a new breed of Heroes or Villains and wield incredible powers as you go to war with legendary characters such as Batman, Superman, Lex Luthor and The Joker.

Key Features
  • Fast-paced action combat where you control every blow your character strikes.
  • Choose your side – Hero or Villain – and customize your character on its path to becoming a legend in the DC Universe.
  • Fight alongside and against your favorite DC characters including Batman, The Joker, Superman, Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn and many more.
  • Embark on story-driven adventures penned by famous DC Comics writers including Geoff Johns and Marv Wolfman.
  • Explore the DC Universe; walk the darkened streets of Gotham City, investigate the mysteries of the futuristic cityscape of Metropolis, and travel to legendary locations such as Arkham Asylum and the Watchtower.

System Requirements

    • OS: Windows XP 32-bit
    • Processor: P4 3.0GHz or AMD equivalent
    • Memory: 1GB RAM
    • Hard Disk Space: 30 GB of Free Hard Drive Space
    • Video: NVIDIA 7800GTX+ or ATI 1950+ Video Card
    • Audio: on Board
Customer reviews
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Recent:
Mixed (217 reviews)
Overall:
Very Positive (9,461 reviews)
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gtrplyrib93
( 6.5 hrs on record )
Posted: 11 August
The game is not good.
Now, having said that, I will say this as well.
The game's combat system is good, if not intuitive or easy to master at all.
For the hour+ you can spend on character building, not a lot of your customization comes through into gameplay.
Pay no mind to my time spent playing, as I put in over 200 hrs outside of steam.
Overall, being free to play, if you want to try it out, go for it. It's free. But you probably wont love it.
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Erudite Incubus
( 30.0 hrs on record )
Pre-Release Review
Posted: 11 August
The butt of SO many jokes as far as MMOs are concerned.
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Bentdick Cumbersnatch
( 115.7 hrs on record )
Posted: 10 August
Wanna hear a joke






The ♥♥♥♥ing watchtower its trash i hate it but hey that game is pretty GUUUUUUUUUUUUUD






I give 3 Hey thats pretty guuuuuud out 5
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SilentShot
( 19.9 hrs on record )
Posted: 10 August
IS A REALLY FUN GAME
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Andro
( 2,905.1 hrs on record )
Posted: 10 August
Look at the time i played the game, says much...
Main reason: I played that game back then( 3 years ago) because it was hard, you will never find any other game, that will have the same difficulty as this game had (the dificulty came from the mechanics of this game, it was not a question about gear, but your own personal skills (think of "dark souls")), therefore it was a challenge, it made me search for a good guild and find friends, if you wanted to play solo... forget it, thats what i liked. good guilds formed and competed with each other, everyone wanted to be the first and the best, and to acomplish it, you just needed your personal skills, no grinding for best gear, no p2w, only subscribe to play.
Other reasons: Unique combat which was revolutionary when this game released, and still, until now i didnt find any other MMO where the combat is better or even the same. The best part about combat is, that you not only push your buttons and wait for the boss to die, the game asks you to do something special while fighting, so you have to interrupt combat. this way every single fight becomes unique and requires its own tactics. this feature is also unique, there is no other game that has it.
This game is simple, there is not much crafting like in other mmos, no gathering 100 different types of materials, no upgrading gear to +20, no special bonusses on gear, which you have to study to understand and pay incredible amount of money to buy from other players to get or spend incredible amount of time grinding dungeons and hope it drops and what not all those WoW inspired MMOs have. because of this, this game has to provide hard content, where players fail and spend time trying to finish it, otherwise there would be not much to do, and it worked well back then, but
the dificulty was so high, that many ppl complained, that they could not finish content, because they lack personal skill and are unable to play as team and use tactics, so the devs desided to lower the dificulty and make it basically a brainAFK grindy game and every 3d month they release another content to grind, all players, who played this because of the high difficulty left and the game turned into a ghosttown, now the game slowly filles with players, because other players start to play who is ok with all the grinding,
So if you are OK with brainAFK playstyle then definetly go for it, you will see a masterpiece of a MMO.
earlyer i would have given it a YES, but because this game right now is nothing but a huge grind (in the end game), i will give it a no.
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Captain.waffles
( 16.8 hrs on record )
Posted: 10 August
how do i verify my e-mail address it does not say
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wish wish master
( 2.5 hrs on record )
Posted: 10 August
bad graphics but good game and no need monster pc . you can play it with intel hd graphics i have highest settings and i have 400fps with gtx 970
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Trombe
( 84.2 hrs on record )
Posted: 10 August
One of the best MMOs out there featuring one of the worst monetary models out there.
It's really hard to recommend, but basic gameplay is fun and unlocking comsetics for your dream hero/villain is a rare opportunity paired with fun gameplay and decent graphics.
Give it a go, but don't expect much.

+great combat system
+great costume customisation
+great movement engine
+great world to explore

-terrible, terrible monetization, it's not even pay to win, it's pay to not get fun taken from you
-more than half of the game is locked behind paywall at this moment
-graphics are meh
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DevilGames
( 6.7 hrs on record )
Posted: 10 August
brus play this game it is amazing and i played this game when i was yonger i loved it yeah
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Most Helpful Reviews  In the past 30 days
34 of 41 people (83%) found this review helpful
15 people found this review funny
Not Recommended
16.8 hrs on record
Posted: 25 July
I used to really like this game. Leveling up used to be a fun experience.
The graphics were really nice, character customization was excellent, and the voice acting was superb.
But the DLCs. Oh my god the DLCs. They never end. They never stop coming. It's like they give you a cookie crumb and it's the most delicious cookie crumb you've ever tasted so you want more. They are holding the rest of the cookie and offer you another crumb of it for $15. So you pay the $15 for the first DLC only to realize half of these powers are exactly like the last power set you played only with a different skin. But what the hell maybe I'm just imagining things. Then the next DLC comes out and you want to taste that delicious cookie once more. You pay another $15 and make a new character. Yadayada yada I'm tired of leveling in the same zones with the same quests that have no replay value. I'd rather go read a book or something. So you decide to try some end game content with your level 30, only you can't because there is none unless you buy all the DLC. Little did you know the 2 DLCs you bought didn't actually come with any end game content that people actually play.

Pros:
Game looks nice 5/5
Voice acting 5/5
Gameplay 4/5 at first

Cons:
The game is a sample of a bigass cookie that is sold as DLC crumbs
Over 9000 DLCs
DLCs DLCs DLCs
More DLCs
Interface was mostly terrible with very little options
Did I mention DLC?
Lots of grinding
Poor power design
Harsh caps on everything
What's this? Another DLC?
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40 of 56 people (71%) found this review helpful
19 people found this review funny
Not Recommended
107.0 hrs on record
Posted: 25 July
Should officially rename to DLC Universe™ Online.
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25 of 33 people (76%) found this review helpful
5 people found this review funny
Not Recommended
14.9 hrs on record
Posted: 25 July
If you're reading these reviews to decide if you want to try this game f2p, you should know what Daybreak games thinks of you. Go to youtube and search, Mepps says f@%! the fans.
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22 of 30 people (73%) found this review helpful
5 people found this review funny
Not Recommended
44.1 hrs on record
Posted: 26 July
Do you miss City of Heroes? This isn't it.
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7 of 8 people (88%) found this review helpful
4 people found this review funny
Not Recommended
1.6 hrs on record
Posted: 9 August
"Uninstalling is the key.." ~ The Flash
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8 of 10 people (80%) found this review helpful
Not Recommended
22.6 hrs on record
Posted: 4 August
It has a nice big world, but also classic, boring, slow mmo action, along with some bad P2W features ensuring you have even less fun as a free player
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8 of 10 people (80%) found this review helpful
Not Recommended
46.5 hrs on record
Posted: 5 August
the free aspect of this game should be consinder a demo taking in account how much the player is limited
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9 of 13 people (69%) found this review helpful
2 people found this review funny
Not Recommended
110.3 hrs on record
Posted: 23 July
Ok game not the worst I have seen. It has combat system that i like because It's interactive and fun but open world pvp is weird. Basically the game wants your money with all these DLC's kinda like Payday 2. Customization is ok but notextensive as I wanted. Getting max Level only takes few days of straight grinding quests. And queue-ing for missions is kinda a drag but the missions are pretty cool. Wouldn't recommend buying most of DLC because it's pretty expensive. As a F2p I recommend going for Nature so you can transform into a very fast dog or gorilla. If you want to pay I recommend the green lantern DLC that gives you green lantern if you're good side and yellow if you're on the villain side. Red lantern DLC is pretty good too I guess. Pay to enjoy lol You cant even have a superhero hideout unless you buy DLC. Solid 6 out of 10 a game is a game.
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
Not Recommended
4.6 hrs on record
Posted: 9 August
game isnt working on windows 8.1
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
Not Recommended
21.3 hrs on record
Posted: 8 August
This game is advertised as "free to play" but really isn't. Playing for free just means you get an extended tutorial and that's it. You want to do normal PvP? Well, good luck with that when you can't buy PvP gear since it goes 500 Cash above your 1,500 Cash limit. Run missions? Sure, but to play them all, you need to buy the DLCs. They cant send items through mail either. Premium isn's much of a step up. They have a 2,000 Cash limit and can send/receive items through mail, but I think it's only one item. This game is really a pay to win sort of game, and as much as I love the character customization (which powers are now seperate purchases from the DLCs unlike before), I have to say I hate the gigantic gap between free and unlimited players.

Speaking of DLCs and powers, they are now seperate purchases, like I mentioned before. Someone could buy a DLC and get the missions, the power, and the weapon (if there is one) in one purchase, but now you have to spen about $10 for the DLC, then about $5 for the power or weapon. Kind of a let down for me.

And sure, they are doing the whole unlocked content for a month, but it's just to make free players pay. Nothing is for the free players.

"Free to play. Your way." Not really.
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