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Highly anticipated MMORPG DC Universe Online will debut on PlayStation 3 and PC in November. The game – which will allow all you comic book fans to create a superhero then hang out with Batman and company in their territories – features the art of superstar Jim Lee and the artists at WildStorm.
It’s an interesting project, no doubt designed to court players who aren’t terribly familiar with the world of MMO games. In DC Universe Online, players can interact with pretty much all the major names from DC Comics’ rich history, so it’ll be fascinating to see if that name recognition can carry it to WoW levels of financial success.
This isn’t the first superhero MMO – the most notable precedent for this sort of thing is NCSoft’s City Of Heroes, while Marvel was planning on releasing its own MMO before it was canned early in development. Still, DC Universe Online should give a good indicator as to whether having a powerful licence like DC Comics can make an MMO sink or swim. The game will be demoed at E3 later this month.
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It’s cool they are making games like this but us Wii owners feel a bit short-changed. I love Nintendo and would never go on to other consolse, but I really wish developers could do this for the Wii as well. We all know it’s not a graphic monster but the online side of things is getting better (just look at Monster Hunter Tri). Come on developers – when you go multi-format don’t forget the Wii too!