Dimensional Ink Games announced that DC Universe Online (DCUO) will now be available as a native client for PlayStation 5.
That means players on this platform will experience powerful performance improvements and native PS5 features, according to Dimensional Ink’s new lead producer Kenn “Kendricke” White.
The game was originally published as a free-to-play massively multiplayer online game in 2011, and it is co-published by Daybreak Game Company and WB Games.
White said his first couple months running the Dimensional Ink Games studio were spent split between getting ramped up on the team and priorities as well as getting back into the game (racing his nine-year-old to level 30 on new characters).
“I know this update came a bit later than expected. First, I want to emphasize that our team is growing,” White said. “We’ve brought on a new creative director, Al Rivera, and art director, Scot Boyd. We’re making significant investments in the game’s future, the people who are working on this beloved project, and in DCUO’s overall growth. To put it simply, this is a great time to be a DCUO player.”
He said the team values everyone’s commitment, feedback, and patience, and the devs are putting that same investment back into the community. The company will issue at least three letters from the team each year.
As for the native client on the PS5, White said, “This means you’ll be able to experience your favorite DC MMO on the latest-gen hardware, which comes with powerful performance improvements and PS5 native features to complement it along the way.”
He said the game already celebrated its 13th Anniversary with the return of the Attack of the Anti-Monitor event, featuring new rewards, free gifts, and a sweepstakes players can enter to win a 13th Anniversary T-shirt. There were other special events as well. Players can keep an eye out for new post-launch styles for Episode 46: Justice League Dark Cursed shortly after.
What’s next for 2024
Moving into the second quarter of the year, the team’s full attention is on Episode 47.
Brainiac has returned. Seeking to learn from his previous defeats, he’s launching an all-out assault on the Earth’s ultimate symbols of hope and resistance, the Hall of Justice and the Hall of Doom. With the world hanging in the balance, the Justice League and Lex Luthor’s Secret Society are forced to unite their powers and resources to thwart Brainiac’s ingeniously malevolent plan.