DC Universe On-line remains 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 plenty of 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 out there as a local shopper for PS5 alongside efficiency enhancements. Till now, the PlayStation 4 model of DCUO was playable on PS5 through backwards compatibility. An Xbox Sequence X and S shopper is “on the way in which.”
Dimensional Ink stated gamers of the native PS5 model will profit from sooner load occasions, smoother transitions, and better frame-rates. Servers for the PS5 model are stay 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 benefit from the system’s {hardware} for stronger efficiency, smoother frame-rates, sooner load occasions, 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 in the course of the first quarter of 2025. Right here’s the official blurb on Episode 47:
Brainiac has returned! Looking 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 compelled to unite their powers and sources to thwart Brainiac’s ingeniously malevolent plan.
In a letter to gamers, Kendricke stated DCUO’s workforce is rising, with a brand new inventive director and artwork director. “We’re making vital investments within the recreation’s future, the people who find themselves engaged on this beloved undertaking, and in DCUO’s general 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 Swap in August 2019. Unique developer Dawn Austin Studio grew to become 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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