Lex Luthor has traveled back through time with news of a dire future: While the heroes and villains spent years battling amongst themselves, Brainiac has been feeding on their powers, building strength to return to Earth and destroy humanity. To change the future, Lex has come back to set off a device that bestows super powers to thousands of every-day citizens and give humanity a fighting chance. Can Brainiac be stopped, or is this another nefarious Lex Luthor plot?

As a traditional action-based MMO that combines fast-paced, twitch-based combat with an interactive physics system to deliver a new and unique gameplay experience, DC Universe Online brings the DC Universe to life, allowing players to create their own superheroes - or villains - and join forces with their favorite DC Comics characters to aid in saving – or destroying – the universe. 

DCUO offers a dramatic online setting where players can enter the DC Universe and battle alongside or against their favorite DC Comics heroes and villains including such icons as Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and The Joker, as well as many other fan favorites such as Green Lantern, The Flash, Catwoman and Martian Manhunter. The action and drama will play out in such well-known locations as Gotham City and Metropolis among others.

DC Universe Online was created in the artistic vision of legendary comic book artist Jim Lee, and set within a world created by famous DC writers including Geoff Johns and Marv Wolfman.

Dimensional Ink Games unveiled that Episode 44: The Sins of Black Adam is expected to launch October 26, 2022 for PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.

Episode 44: The Sins of Black Adam

Twice now, Black Adam has failed to resurrect and rescue his wife Isis from the Underworld. Determined not to fail again, he will enter the Underworld himself to strike a deal with Neron once and for all. But can either be trusted? And what costs might await the living as a result of those who trifle with the dead?

In The Sins of Black Adam, it will be up to players to navigate the dangerous path between good and evil, between life and death, between love and despair.

THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE SINS OF BLACK ADAM:

• The Sins of Black Adam will offer normal and elite versions of all On Duty content, along with level-agnostic event versions available for a limited time.
• The content will include open world missions, with a duo, alert, and two raids.
• The episode will feature DC characters including Black Adam, Shazam, Isis, and more.
• The storyline will include adventures in locations from Egyptian myth, including Infernal Kahndaq overrun by the Underworld. 
• The episode will launch new player rewards, including gear, styles, and more.

NEXT AT DIMENSIONAL INK: SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER

The team's focus through October will be primarily on Episode 44 and the seasonal events, but we'll quickly roll onto Episode 45, due out early 2023, new allies and artifacts, finish up the new Custom Play On Duty UI, and begin work on an updated Allies UI. 

Finally, I'm excited to share that progress on our native PlayStation 5 client is showing promise. We have the game fully up and rendering, and we're into the (still very time-consuming) phase of identifying every adjustment that is needed to launch the game on a new system. I am also excited to share that work on the Xbox Series X client is underway as well. No, I don't have any dates to share yet, but we're getting there!

NEXT ON DCUO: JANUARY - THE FUTURE

Planning for our milestone 13th year is still underway and I will share more in my next update. Of course, I can say our traditional events will return early in the year - Attack of the Anti-Monitor for the anniversary in January, Love Conquers All for Valentine's Day in February, and Mister Mxyzptlk's Mischief in March - along with Episode 45 shortly after that. 

More on the future as we live it.

DC Universe Online is now available for Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC, with PS5 And Xbox Series X|S versions in development.