DC Universe On-line continues to be going, 13 years after it launched on PC and PlayStation 3. Now it lastly has a local PlayStation 5 model, and its developer has outlined plans for various future updates.
Dimensional Ink’s new lead producer, Kenn “Kendricke” White, introduced that DCUO, the free-to-play MMO licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Leisure, is now accessible as a local shopper for PS5 alongside efficiency enhancements. Till now, the PlayStation 4 model of DCUO was playable on PS5 by way of backwards compatibility. An Xbox Collection X and S shopper is “on the way in which.”
Dimensional Ink stated gamers of the native PS5 model will profit from sooner load instances, smoother transitions, and better frame-rates. Servers for the PS5 model are reside now — PS5, PS4, and PC gamers can proceed to play collectively on the identical servers. Characters, account, and purchases carry over.
“The native model of DCUO on PS5 can higher reap the benefits of the system’s {hardware} for stronger efficiency, smoother frame-rates, sooner load instances, and natively runs at 4k,” Dimensional Ink added. “The sport itself is an identical to the PS4 model of the sport.”
In the meantime, Episode 47: Brainiac Returns! Launches in Could, with Episode 48 set for September. Episode 49 launches throughout the first quarter of 2025. Right here’s the official blurb on Episode 47:
Brainiac has returned! Searching for to study from his earlier defeats, he is launching an all-out assault on the Earth’s final symbols of hope and resistance, the Corridor of Justice and the Corridor of Doom. With the world hanging within the steadiness, the Justice League and Lex Luthor’s Secret Society are pressured to unite their powers and sources to thwart Brainiac’s ingeniously malevolent plan.
In a letter to gamers, Kendricke stated DCUO’s staff is rising, with a brand new inventive director and artwork director. “We’re making important investments within the sport’s future, the people who find themselves engaged on this beloved venture, and in DCUO’s total development,” Kendricke insisted. “To place it merely, this can be a nice time to be a DCUO participant.”
DC Universe On-line (DCUO) launched in January 2011 for PC and PS3 earlier than launching on PlayStation 4 in November 2013, then on Xbox One in April 2016, and Nintendo Change in August 2019. Unique developer Dawn Austin Studio turned Dimensional Ink Video games again in January 2020, and continues to work on content material with Dawn Video games Firm writer.
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