Oracle will soon be calling up the Birds of Prey and YOU in Episode 37: Birds of Prey. Get ready for the big day with Oracle's very own Time Capsule! This capsule, like all Time Capsules, can be unlocked with Stabilizers or purchased directly in the Marketplace. Stabilizers can be earned in-game or purchased in the Marketplace. 

If you’re looking to learn more about how to get, open, and use a Time Capsule - or what is in previous Time Capsules - check out our helpful guide!

Please Note: Oracle's Time Capsule and its contents cannot be traded cross-platform. 



Oracle herself, Barbara Gordon, created a humanoid robot - you know, just in case. And it is this robot that the new Combat Protocol gear style is inspired-by. Take the most advanced technology on the planet out for a spin with your very own suit. The Enhanced version of this style is battle reactive, meaning it bursts with energy while you are in combat.

Remember, you will receive a random gear piece as a choice in your loot selection window for each Oracle's Time Capsule you open. When consumed, the gear will become level-appropriate to your character. The Enhanced version of the gear will also appear in the loot selection window, and when consumed will also become level-appropriate to your character.   




Complete three collections for Birds Of Prey-inspired rewards. Put on Dove's mask, Hawk's legendary cape, or channel your own inner hacker with the Network Infiltrator accessory. 

These styles are earned through collections, which will appear as a choice in the loot selection window for each Oracle's Time Capsule. 


 


The Birds of Prey are a team, but each of Oracle's closest friends keep to their own style most of the time. This Time Capsule features eight new emblems inspired by characters that have answered the call as the Birds of Prey, along with eight more Enhanced versions. These will randomly appear as a choice in the loot selection window for each Oracle's Time Capsule you open.  

• Emblems 
  
  • Oracle
  • Huntress
  • Black Canary
  • Misfit
  • Manhunter
  • Big Barda
  • Birds of Prey

Each capsule opened has a chance to reward the special Harlequin Chroma Pack. Opening the pack will provide a set of chromas inspired by Harley Quinn! Plus, take home the Orbital BOP Uplink Device and rain down Harley's vengeance on your enemies. The device becomes available after opening 15 Oracle's Time Capsules.





Oracle's Time Capsule will launch on February 20, 2020. Log in and unlock yours!


Thoughts? Questions? Join the discussion on the official forums.

THIS SPRING, ORACLE AND FRIENDS FACE OFF AGAINST LEX LUTHOR IN BIRDS OF PREY

Just announced, DC Universe Online's next content release assembles a new team: the Birds of Prey! The new episode BIRDS OF PREY will launch this April.




NEW EPISODE: BIRDS OF PREY

In BIRDS OF PREY, Oracle faces new challenges: Lex Luthor is back and more dangerous than ever, citizens need immediate help as Luthor's plot turns Metropolis into a near lawless war-zone, and her scrappy bunch of most-trusted associates might be too busy roasting and fighting and mistrusting each other to get the job done. 

With time running out and a deeper threat to investigate, will Oracle be able to mold her...vibrant...friends into the new kickass team she needs? Or will the Super-Villains have their day?

SJ'S TAKE: "I've spent the last ten years of my life preparing for this episode, so this time my snappy quote has been replaced by a heart-felt one. In my early adulthood, I managed a comics and game store, and the Birds of Prey comics series highlighted so many amazing female characters written in a way that was extremely relatable. It inspired me to become not just a fan, but a creator. I know you're going to enjoy our Birds of Prey, and I hope it makes you love these characters as much as I do." - SJ Mueller, DC Universe Online Creative Director

THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT BIRDS OF PREY:

• Birds of Prey will be a large-scale episode, with level-agnostic event versions of content available to all players for a limited time.  
• The episode will feature new and returning Super Heroes and Super-Villains, including Oracle, Black Canary, Huntress, Harley Quinn, Lex Luthor, and more.   
• The storyline will include singleplayer and multiplayer adventures set in familiar and remote locales, including Oracle's iconic Clock Tower base.   
• The episode will launch new player rewards, including new gear, styles, artifacts, base items, and feats.

EPISODE 37: BIRDS OF PREY will launch this April on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.


Questions or comments? Join the discussion on the official forums!

Welcome to Dimensional Ink! Don’t mind the wet paint – we’re still a little under construction (I kid, of course). Let me tell you how all this came to be….



A few years ago, I left Cryptic Studios (which I co-founded in 2000) to join Daybreak here in Austin (which also formed back in 2000). My mandate was pretty simple: run DC Universe Online and eventually get a new game under development. The Austin studio had been part of SOE with a long legacy; it had launched Star Wars Galaxies before it turned to work on DC Universe Online.

But it started to become pretty darn obvious that the Austin studio had its own vibe and culture. DCUO was dramatically different than the other games in Daybreak’s portfolio. Our workflow was completely unique. We still used Daybreak for a lot of supporting resources (like Legal, Finance, and CS), but these were basically the same publisher roles that Perfect World and NCSoft had served for Cryptic back in the day.




Ultimately, as a team we felt that the future of Daybreak Austin lay within the developers: so we decided to carve ourselves out officially as our own studio. We still publish with Daybreak, but the future is ours to forge. Admittedly, the name was really hard to carve out. We went through weeks of voting on options, finding out they were already taken, going back to come up with new names. Finally, the studio leadership locked itself in a conference room and I refused to let people leave until a name we could use came up. And out of this arose Dimensional Ink.

The Ink part is pretty darn obvious. My career started with comic books. City of Heroes was my first game and DC Universe Online is a clear successor. But if you dig a little deeper,Star Wars Galaxies itself has its origins in four color comics too. George Lucas’ inspiration for Star Wars came from Flash Gordon, which originated in the Sunday color comics section. So comic ink has literally moved this studio forward for nearly twenty years!

Dimensional is probably not so obvious. We tried a lot of more common adjectives (like Comic, Digital, etc.) but they were all taken. In our discussions, we realized that the games we’ve made, operate, and will make all have one thing in common: they take people to iconic worlds. We take players on adventures beyond imagination. In other words, we travel to different dimensions!




And voila Dimensional Ink was born! What does this mean to all our great fans? You’ll know that it’s the devs who are guiding every game decision. There’s no corporate overlord to blame; every forum, facebook, and twitter post are being read and absorbed by yours truly and the team here. We are utterly focused on making great games that last for years and years. Nothing is changing at all with DC Universe Online. In fact, we’re cooking up lots of neat stuff for the coming year (including some oft requested characters…).

What about our new game? Well, I can’t say much right now, other than it’s a next gen MMORPG. It’s an action MMORPG, so no old fashioned click “A” and pray. And we’re hiring like crazy! We totally need YOU to make this game! Check out our openings and apply now!

You can probably find me in DCUO playing away – and I promise I’ll be posting more. So expect to hear from me again soon! 


Jack Emmert
Dimensional Ink CEO

Another big year has come and gone. We joined the Justice League Dark to stop threats of a dark magical variety, and then faced down even darker threats from the Dark Multiverse and the Dark Knights.

It's time to lighten up a little as we head into 2020, staring with the anniversary event and...the threat of complete annihilation at the hands of the Anti-Monitor.



Alright, well, we'll start lightening up a bit soon. For now, it IS time to celebrate. Enjoy the Attack of the Anti-Monitor anniversary event through January, and because it is our anniversary, make sure to log in now to claim your anniversary gifts!

As always, your support through the years is invaluable. Thank you for spending your 2019 with us. Now, on to 2020!



Everyone gets to celebrate the anniversary with one FREE Character Advance to CR255 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) or to CR100 (Nintendo Switch)!

Whether you want to jump back in on a main character or start a new one, this advance will get you right into the fight. This character advance also comes with numerous starter items to get you going and the new Hera's Strength 2020 gear suit, pictured below. (Note that player-requested open helmet!)

Plus, if you want the Hera's Strength style on multiple characters, you can pick it up through Style Unlocking after you have equipped it on any character. 



To claim your free Character Advance, you must log in between now and January 31, 2020. Once you have logged in, you may use the advance right away or save it for a later time. One per account.

Additional Character Advances may be purchased at Character Creation or Character Select. 

 

Of COURSE there are more gifts for Members.

Starting today, log in to claim your special Member Appreciation Gift Box. Inside you will find the Member Gift Artifact Cache, Artifact Catalysts, XP, and Seals, AND the full set of all-new ROYAL CHROMA MATERIALS!

Materials allow you to swap out the texture (or "material") on any gear style with a new one. Royal Chroma Materials channel elegance and come in seven colors (yes, you get them all).

Like all Chromas, each color comes as a set of three variants to allow for the ultimate in customization (yes, you still get them all!). That's 7 sets of 3 variants each, for 21 total Chroma Materials. Math is so 2020.

Take a look!





To claim your free Member Appreciation Gift, you must be a member and then log in between now and January 31, 2020. Players can upgrade to membership and log in to receive the Member Appreciation Gift. One per account. Items are account bound.



Look, you knew it was coming. Also starting today, Open Episodes are back! All players can play through Episode 35 (with increased loot lockout times) now through February 7, 2020. Log in, rank up, and get a taste of what you have been missing.

Open Episodes will run through February 7, 2020. Excludes Metal Part II.

 

The anniversary event is back, featuring open world missions, the Centennial Collapse raid, A World Past Hope and Fear solo, and new feats, styles, and rewards. Open your Mission Journal and look for "Monitoring the Situation," queue up for "Centennial Collapse in the On Duty menu, or use the Warp Menu to warp directly to the Metropolis Anti-Matter Invasion Zone.

New Styles and More!

• Unlock new styles inspired by the Anti-Monitor.
• Look for the "Containment Tubes" styles on the vendor for Qwardian Crowns.
• Find new Qwardian Forge-themed base items.
• Fight for the new Anti-Matter Turret (trinket) dropping from the Anti-Monitor.
• Hunt for the new Anti-Matter Orbital Strike (trinket) dropping from any boss game-wide.

Happy Anniversary, and we'll see you in-game!

Earth is sinking into the Dark Multiverse, Batman and Superman are missing, and the planet Thanagar has a world-destroying gun aimed at Earth. Team-up with Hawkgirl, Martian Manhunter, and Batman to battle the Dark Knights: twisted alternate versions of Batman!

Journey through Batman's nightmares, Atlantis' Silent School, and Oa's Sciencells before diving headlong into the Forge of Worlds at the heart of the Dark Multiverse. Only you can save reality from crumbling, but first you must defeat Dawnbreaker, the Drowned, and the Bat God Barbatos, leader of the Dark Knights!

To play this content your character must be level 30 and have a minimum Combat Rating of 264.

For a limited time, special “Event” versions of all content in Metal Part II will be available to all players level 15+ as well! Look for these Event versions in the Events tab of your On Duty menu.



New Duo: Batscape

Players arrive to the Oblivion Bar, one of the few seemingly safe places left after the events of Metal Part I, under the pretense of meeting with the last of Earth's resistance to decide how to respond to the Dark Knights and the sinking of our universe into the Dark Multiverse. Together, they will delve into the depths of Batman’s mind to free him from Barbatos’ influence.

• Open your On Duty menu and look for Metal Part II: Batscape under Tier 9 of the 2 Player tab. Minimum Combat Rating: 276
• For the Event version, look for Metal Part II: Batscape (Event) in the On Duty menu under the Events tab. Minimum Level: 15

New Open World Missions: Thanagar

Hawkgirl, Martian Manhunter, and Green Lantern T’Larto are coordinating efforts with the hawk planet’s authorities to push back the Dark Knights advance on Thanagar.

• Look for Thanagar in your warp menu or use the teleporter in the Watchtower or Hall of Doom
• New daily and weekly missions in Metal Gotham. Minimum Level: 15

New Alert: Damage Control

Batman knows what the Dark Knights are going to do next, because he knows how they think. The heroes and villains need to get to Atlantis and the Oan Sciencells to stop the Dark Knights. Dawnbreaker has taken over the Sciencells; freeing prisoners and sending them to the front lines on Thanagar. In Atlantis, the Drowned has invaded and slaughtered or mind-controlled most of the Atlanteans, who are still recovering from recent events.

• Open your On Duty menu and look for Metal Part II: Damage Control under Tier 9 of the 4 Player tab. Minimum Combat Rating: 276
• For the Event version, look for Metal Part II: Damage Control (Event) in the On Duty menu under the Events tab. Minimum Level: 15

New Raid and Elite Raid: The Phoenix Cannon

Batman, with the Key of Atlan in hand, meets Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl, and players on Thanagar. They plan on using the key along with the Phoenix Cannon to venture into the Dark Multiverse.

• Open your On Duty menu and look for Metal Part II: The Phoenix Cannon under Expert Tier 9 of the 8 Player tab. Minimum Combat Rating: 276
• For the Event version, look for Metal Part II: The Phoenix Cannon (Event) in the On Duty menu under the Events tab. Minimum Level: 15

New Raid and Elite Raid: Into the Dark Multiverse

Batman, Wonder Woman, and Hawkgirl meet players in the Dark Multiverse. They are determined to take the fight to Barbatos as well as find and rescue Superman.

• Open your On Duty menu and look for Metal Part II: Into the Dark Multiverse under Expert Tier 9 of the 8 Player tab. Minimum Combat Rating: 276
• For the Event Version – look for Metal Part II: Into the Dark Multiverse (Event) in the On Duty menu under the Events tab. Minimum Level: 15

New Gear, Base Items, Feats and More

• Earn a new currency: Thanagarian Marks!
• Upgrade new Augments and Artifacts!
• Acquire new gear inspired by Hawkman and The Dawnbreaker!
• Collect new base items, feats, and more!

 

https://youtu.be/fAD7df6RBrM


Questions or comments? Join the discussion on the official forums. 

DCUO Rallies for Extra-Life!

The DC Universe Online Extra-Life Team is working towards its goal of raising $10,000 for our local Austin Children's Miracle Network Hospital, Dell Children's Ascension.

Thank you so much for supporting our efforts and helping make an impact in children's lives!


Your donations will support Austin Children's Miracle Network Hospital, Dell Children's Ascension, a local hospital that treats thousands of children each year, regardless of their illness, injury, or their family’s ability to pay.

Thanks for your support!

Hang out with us on Twitch, play with us in-game, contribute towards our donation goals, and help the kids!

As a token of our appreciation to the DCUO Community, we have a special gift-code for everyone stopping by and showing support.

All hell has broken loose in the streets of Gotham City and inside The Midnight Masquerade Nightclub! Go to the East End safehouse in Gotham City and speak to the Phantom Stranger (Heroes) or The Tap Room in Burnley and speak to Tala (Villains) to receive further instructions. Alternatively, you can now use the Warp Menu to head directly to the Open World Content by selecting The Witching Hour: Phantom Stranger (Hero) or The Witching Hour: Tala (Villain). To queue for “The Midnight Masquerade,” go into your On Duty UI and look under the Events Tab.

There are also new feats and new collections to be found for those brave enough!

New Feats

• Too Hot to Handle
• House of Horrors
• Dem Bones

Each day of the event, also look for “The Witching Hour” in your Mission Journal to complete and earn Spooky Bites! Shop Skeets’ Boo-tique for the latest in scare-wear, tricks, treats, and creepy items for your Base. You’ll even find a few extra special surprises, like the new Cat Boo, the Boo Family Pet who is ready to haunt your Base, and the ability to turn into a fiery skeleton to really heat-up the cold nights! Level Requirement: 10

Batman has gone missing and the race for Metal has begun! The Dark Knights and the Justice League scour the universe for rare forms of Metal - the keys to victory in the war between the Multiverse and the Darkness. As heroes and villains alike race across Earth, Oa, Themyscira, and beyond, the Bruce Waynes of the Dark Multiverse hatch plans of their own. Metal Part I features new daily and weekly Open World missions, a Solo and Alert, as well as normal and Elite versions of two new Raids!

To play this content your character must be level 30 and have a minimum Combat Rating of 264.

For a limited time, special “Event” versions of all content in Metal Part I will be available to all players, level 15+ as well! Look for these Event versions in the Events tab of your On Duty menu.



New Solo: Scarlet Speedster

Central City is in disarray. Dark lightning bolts are striking randomly, causing fear and chaos. Criminals in the city are taking advantage of the situation, looting businesses and mugging citizens. Heroes arrive to help while the speedsters are occupied, while villains get a tip from Calculator that this could be a good opportunity. Calculator has also asked villains to secure dead drops from heists executed during the chaos.

• Open your On Duty menu and look for Metal Part I: Scarlet Speedster under Tier 9 of the 1 Player tab. Minimum Combat Rating: 264
• For the Event version, look for Metal Part I: Scarlet Speedster (Event) in the On Duty menu under the Events tab. Minimum Level: 15

New Open World Missions: Metal Gotham

The Batman Who Laughs has unleashed chaos on Gotham City to keep Batman’s allies from finding the Dark Knight. Dark Multiverse energy is infecting people, turning them into threats. He's cracked open Arkham Asylum, sending escaped inmates to run amok. Nightwing wants to protect Gotham City in Batman's absence. Killer Croc wants to protect his home turf. A mysterious benefactor has hired Deathstroke to gather exotic metals. Heroes and villains are working together to save the city from a greater threat.

• Look for Metal Gotham in your warp menu or use the teleporter in the Watchtower or Hall of Doom
• New daily and weekly missions in Metal Gotham. Minimum Level: 15

New Alert: Batcave Breach

Nightwing sends a distress call. He and Robin are in the Batcave, pinned down by its automated defenses run amok. Oracle and Calculator have formed a loose alliance to stop what appears to be a metahuman pandemic spreading through Gotham City. Oracle uses Justice League teleporters to get heroes and villains alike to the Batcave.

• Open your On Duty menu and look for Metal Part I: Batcave Breach under Tier 9 of the 4 Player tab. Minimum Combat Rating: 264
• For the Event version, look for Metal Part I: Batcave Breach (Event) in the On Duty menu under the Events tab. Minimum Level: 15

New Raid and Elite Raid: False Idols

The Merciless has arrived on Olympus, searching for something. He defeated the gods that tried to stop him. Hades fled to his nether realm while Ares traveled to Themyscira, searching for the Sunblade. Ares believes it can hurt The Merciless. Heroes and villains alike join Wonder Woman in her own search for the Sunblade.

• Open your On Duty menu and look for Metal Part I: False Idols under Expert Tier 9 of the 8 Player tab. Minimum Combat Rating: 264
• For the Event version, look for Metal Part I: False Idols (Event) in the On Duty menu under the Events tab. Minimum Level: 15

New Raid and Elite Raid: Monsters of Metal

The Batman Who Laughs has given powerful metal cards to some of Batman's rogues, and those rogues are using them to reshape Gotham City's reality to their whims.

• Open your On Duty menu and look for Metal Part I: Monsters of Metal under Expert Tier 9 of the 8 Player tab. Minimum Combat Rating: 264
• For the Event Version – look for Metal Part I: Monsters of Metal (Event) in the On Duty menu under the Events tab. Minimum Level: 15

New Gear, Base Items, Feats and More

• Earn a new currency: Dark Metal Coins!
• Upgrade new Augments!
• Acquire new gear inspired by Donna Troy and The Merciless!
• Plus collect new base items, feats, and more!

 
https://youtu.be/f5V6VdH0FmA


Questions or comments? Join the discussion on the official forums. Darkness awaits!

Evil will soon be on the move in Episode 35: Metal Part I. Get a head start on your nightmares with the Dark Knights Time Capsule, and spread the fear. This capsule, like all Time Capsules, can be unlocked with Stabilizers or purchased directly in the Marketplace. Stabilizers can be earned in-game or purchased in the Marketplace. 

If you’re looking to learn more about how to get, open, and use a Time Capsule - or what is in previous Time Capsules - check out our helpful guide!



Batman. Joker. The Dark Multiverse. When combined, these three conjure up terrible, twisted reflections of our world. Inspired by The Batman Who Laughs, the Laughing Knight gear styles should provide plenty of sleepless nights and horrifying dreams for you, your friends, and anyone who has the unfortunate luck to bump into you in-game.

You will receive a random gear piece in your loot selection window in every Dark Knights Time Capsule you open. When consumed, the gear will become level-appropriate to your character. The Enhanced version of the gear will also appear (less commonly) in the loot selection window, and when consumed will also become level-appropriate to your character.   




It is unclear if the Dark Multiverse is rising into our world or if our world is descending down into it. Either way, chaos and dark visions await. Embrace the power of what's to come with the Orange Flux Fire Aura, be the twisted monster you were born to be with the Minotaur Helmet, or become the darkness itself with the Ink Material. These styles are earned through collections, which will appear in the loot selection window for every Dark Knights Time Capsule. 





The Dark Knights Time Capsule features many classic, fan-favorite auras in all-new color variants and new chroma materials. Like everything else, these will randomly appear in the loot selection window when you open a Dark Knights Time Capsule. 

• Auras
  
  • Pink Ultimate Aura
  • Blue Energy Vortex Aura
  • Green Mystic Aura
  • Red Umbral Aura
    
    
    • Plus, modular versions of all of the above!
• Materials
  
  
  • Red Metal Chroma Pack
  • Purple Metal Chroma Pack
  • Green Metal Chroma Pack
  • Bronze Metal Chroma Pack
  • Blue Metal Chroma Pack
  • Dark Metal Chroma Pack

Finally, open 15 Dark Knight Time Capsules to complete a feat and receive six comic book covers from the Metal story arc. These come as base items, in both a regular movie-poster sized version and a large there-goes-my-whole-wall version. 





The Dark Knights Time Capsule will launch on August 22, 2019. Log in and unlock yours!


https://youtu.be/i1PZzPkSGk0


Thoughts? Questions? Join the discussion on the official forums.

Get ready. Get set. MAGIC! This is the weekend to play Justice League Dark, because Daemohedron rewards (currency) are TRIPLED through Sunday. Also, NEW REWARDS!

Daemohedrons are the currency found in Episode 34: Justice League Dark. These are primarily used for obtaining new gear and rewards from the Justice League Dark vendor.

This weekend – from Thursday, June 27, 2019, through Sunday, June 30, 2019 – all players will receive TRIPLE Daemohedrons when completing instanced and mission content in Justice League Dark (event, regular, and elite versions).

PLEASE NOTE: The bonus weekend will begin this Thursday with daily server restarts, and will last through Sunday to daily server restarts on Monday morning.

Five all-new items have been added to the episode vendor for Justice League Dark (Episode 34):

• Magician's Hair Style
  
• Magician's Shirt
  
• Clairvoyant's Circlet
  
• Mystical Ankh of Nabu
  
• Pulse Material

These vendor rewards are permanent additions to the game. Take a look!


Pulse Material, Clairvoyant's Circlet, Mystical Ankh of Nabu


Magician's Hair Style, Magician's Shirt