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Your first mission begins with a brawl--succeed and progress.

An overview of the many different customization options presented when designing a superhero.

Are you really the next legend?

#snowdays Sony Online Entertainment's massively multiplayer superhero game DC Universe Online launched yesterday, and I was not there to see it. What diabolical villain kept me from playing a major MMO release on day one? More »

It's an eclectic grab bag on this week's European PSN release list, bringing us an odd mix of games such as Germany's Next Top Model (available only in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, natch) Tomb Raider Chronicles and Angry Birds. Rounding out the bizarreness is a Linkin Park track pack for Rock Band 3. Man, the only way that this list could get any diverse is if it included subscriptions of varying lengths to DC Universe Online. Oh, right. It totally does.

Choose your platform to view the corresponding release list: (Note: Continue past the break to view both release lists.)

For the first time, players can create their own Heroes or Villains and team up with iconic DC Comics characters in a massively multiplayer universe.

Happy New Year PlayStation.Blog!

With the launch of DC Universe Online just around the corner, let’s take a look at a selection of trophies that could soon be yours.

The Queen’s Favorite
Gold
Achieve level 30 as a villain mentored by Circe

Criminal Mastermind
Gold
Achieve level 30 as a villain mentored by Lex Luthor.

The Joker in the Deck
Gold
Achieve level 30 as a villain mentored by the Joker.

Knight for Justice
Gold
Achieve level 30 as a hero mentored by Batman.

Warrior of Truth
Gold
Achieve level 30 as a hero mentored by Wonder Woman

Champion of Earth
Gold
Achieve level 30 as a hero mentored by Superman.

Acrobatic Ace
Gold
Achieve level 30 as an acrobat.

Fearless Flier
Gold
Achieve level 30 as a flier.

Speedster Supreme
Gold
Achieve level 30 as a speedster.

Tanks Very Much
Silver
Achieve level 10 as and gain the Tank Role.

Mission Control
Silver
Achieve level 10 as and gain the Controller Role.

The Healing Touch
Silver
Achieve level 10 as and gain the Healer Role.

Platinum Pace
Gold
Earn a platinum medal in any race.

Don’t forget, The Next Legend is You…

Your chance to save or conquer the DC Universe has come.

Put on your tights and start fighting.

Will it fly or fall flat on its face?

The mysterious secluded island of Oolong is under siege by the disasterous experiments-gone-wrong!

Explore the contaminated and mutated remains of Bldhaven in this Combat Alert profile from DC Universe Online.

#gallery One would think that after more than 70 years of fighting crime on Earth, someone would have worked up the courage to tell Kal-El he was wearing his underwear wrong. Behold Superman, in all his DC Universe Online glory. More »

In recognition of our beta community’s great support and feedback and celebration of our impending 1/11/11 launch, SOE will be closing the DCUO beta on Wednesday, January 5 with a cataclysmic beta ending event, “Battle of the Legends.”

Based on the events revealed this summer in our “Who Do You Trust?” cinematic trailer, DCUO beta players can align and fight alongside or against some of DC Comics’ most legendary heroes and villains, including Batman, Superman, Lex Luthor and The Joker. Join us and take this last shot at creating your legacy! Become part of this epic conflict when it erupts on your server.

If for some reason you’re unable to attend, don’t worry – we’ll be updating you on the status of the battles on our Facebook page. And to sweeten the pot, some “legendary” guests of our own joining in on the fun, playing as the iconic characters:

At 7pm today — Wednesday January 5th — Jim Lee will defend humanity as “Future Batman” in the Botanical Gardens against the evil duo of IGN Editors Greg “Blue Business” Miller and Hilary “The Temp” Goldstein! PS3 beta gamers can jump in and assist the Dark Knight, or IGN, rain evil down on the universe!

Here’s the complete PS3 schedule:

US Beta Servers – Wednesday January 5

• PS3 BETA 2 / Wednesday January 5 / 5PM PT / Botanical Gardens (Batman vs. Joker) or Centennial Park (Superman vs. Lex)
• PS3 BETA 3 / Wednesday January 5 / 6PM PT / Botanical Gardens (Batman vs. Joker) or Centennial Park (Superman vs. Lex)
• PS3 BETA 1 / Wednesday January 5 / 7PM PT / Botanical Gardens (Batman vs. Joker) or Centennial Park (Superman vs. Lex) *Once again, fight against Jim Lee aka The Future Joker, as he attempts to spawn chaos across the Universe!

#betawatch The DC Universe Online beta goes out with a bang today, with tonight's cataclysmic "Battle of the Legends" paving the way for the MMO's January 11 launch. Will you side with Batman and Superman, or The Joker and Lex Luthor? More »

Saturday night certainly is alright for fighting, but DC Universe Online would rather you engage in battle today, ending the beta for DCUO with an event: "Battle of the Legends." Players can either align with good or evil and battle alongside the likes of Joker, Batman, Superman, and Lex Luthor -- a full list of the battles can be found after the break.

We'd suggest hopping on the PC version around 5PM PST and joining up with Future Batman (as piloted by famed comic artist Jim Lee) to take down evil, or if you're feeling more edgy, the PS3 version around 7PM PST to join Lee as Future Joker in creating chaos. If you miss the whole event, well, the game officially launches next week, so no biggie. That said, if you're really sore about missing it, the full play-by-play will be broadcast via DCUO's Facebook page. "Like" away!

Battle of the Legends event to close the beta out.

The testing is about over, and to celebrate, we're fighting Batman.

The testing is about over, and to celebrate, we're fighting Batman.

Alien technology has warped the nearby gorillas--steal their technology and free their prisoners.

The Joker's dastardly dame lands in the superhero MMO.

#sonyonlineentertainment Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel was an Arkham Asylum psychologist who thought she had a shot at curing Batman's insane nemesis The Joker. Obviously that didn't work out too well. More »

#releasedate Sony Online Entertainment transforms PlayStation 3 and PC gamers into superheroes and super villains on January 11 with the release of DC Universe Online. How much will you pay to battle alongside the likes of Batman, Superman, and Lex Luthor? More »

Since being pushed to an amorphous "spring 2011" release window back in October, DC Universe Online has been given a solid launch date once and for all: January 11 in North America and January 14 in the UK. Sony Online Entertainment confirmed the dates in an interview with IGN, also announcing the game's $199 lifetime subscription price (a bit over 13 months worth of sub. fees). "We're going to be here for far more than a single year. We've got a lot of universe to build, and we're not going to stop anytime soon," game director Chris Cao said of the lifetime subscription pricing.

Cao also detailed an end-of-the-world event that will take place within DCUO before it launches in January. "Jim Lee and our friends at DC are going to join us in a live, end-of-beta event where players will fight alongside and against the iconics as Brainiac's menace yet looms," he explained, adding, "It will be an epic end and thank you for beta. And it will set the stage for the real struggle to come in live."

Another struggle to come alongside the game's launch? How to get players to choose another mentor -- as expected, Superman was the favorite "by far." Of course, we'll be bucking the trend with a super villain mimicking hip-hop personality MF Doom. Too obvious?

Get details on the Area 51 Group Combat Alert in this featurette from the developers of DC Universe Online!

Save the world and earn some PSN respect doing it.

We have the day, beta stats and an interview with SOE.

To all of you who have been participating in our DC Universe Online PS3 Beta, we’d like to welcome you and thank you! We’ve been listening closely to your feedback and we’ve heard a few of you are running into some technical issues. We want you to know your feedback is valuable and we are implementing fixes as quickly as possible. In the next patch many issues will be resolved.

Some of the specific issues that we are fixing include numerous changes to improve the user interface, in particular text readability. In addition, we want to make it easier for you to play with your friends! What is an online game without playing with friends? :)

Social enhancements will make it easier to communicate, play and group with others. Improvements to chat input, frequently used phrases menu, and the ability to use emotes will further convey your personality and mood to the world. There are also several adjustments in process that will improve instruction and hint messages within the UI. Plus, we are adding a way for you to quickly access combo sequences, super power information, and buff/debuff information for your character.

Finally, stability of the game has been greatly improved in the latest version. So, as you can tell there is a lot going on and more to come. Please, keep giving us your feedback and insights, and get ready for a great game play experience – thanks to your feedback!

The conversation continues in our new DCUO PS3 Forums!

We've created a character, and you're calling the shots.

#pressplay With Sony revealing yesterday that all PlayStation Plus subscribers are getting a download of the DC Universe Online beta for Christmas, it's probably a good time to show you how character creation works in the super heroic MMO. More »