DC Universe Online Goes Free-To-Play In October

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2011&sol;09&sol;06220317&sol;superman&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11535" title&equals;"dc universe online" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2011&sol;09&sol;06220317&sol;superman&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"482" height&equals;"240" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Starting in late October&comma; players will be able to download and access DC Universe Online for free on both the PS3 and PC&period; Sony will offer 3 different levels of service as part of this transition&comma; Free&comma; Premium and Legendary all with different benefits&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;When we launched DC Universe Online&comma; we introduced a very different brand of massive online game driven by fast action combat to PC and PS3 gamers and with that&comma; we discovered a new type of online gamer&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said John Smedley&comma; President&comma; Sony Online Entertainment&period; &&num;8220&semi;We&&num;8217&semi;ve listened to our community&comma; and we&&num;8217&semi;ve determined that the free-to-play model is the best fit for DC Universe Online&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Smedley added&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Our philosophy embraces learning from our experience and as a pioneer in the free-to-play space with proven successful games like Free Realms and Clone Wars Adventures&comma; we believe this new model will expand the DCUO experience and offer more options that cater to every type of player so they can play the game in a way that fits them&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>All three levels provide access to the current game&comma; but allow differing tiers of convenience and flexibility&period; The levels are&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li><strong>Free<&sol;strong>&colon; New players will now have access to the current gameplay in DC Universe Online &lpar;including Gotham City&comma; Metropolis&comma; and all current raids and alerts&rpar;&comma; with the ability to create two characters&comma; join a league and many other benefits&period; Free level players will be able to purchase downloadable game hacks&sol;updates&comma; additional character slots&comma; powers and more through microtransactions&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Premium<&sol;strong>&colon; Any player who has spent at least &dollar;5 USD &lpar;including former paid subscribers and new players who have purchased &dollar;5 of in-game items&rpar; will qualify for the Premium access level&period; Premium level players will have more benefits available to them than the Free level player&comma; including additional character slots&comma; additional inventory slots&comma; and higher cash limits&period; Downloadable adventure packs&comma; additional character slots&comma; and more can be purchased in-game&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Legendary<&sol;strong>&colon; Maximum features and benefits are included at this level&period; Loaded with enhanced additional features&comma; Legendary access will be available for a &dollar;14&period;99 USD monthly fee and includes all DLC packs at no cost&comma; more than 15 character slots&comma; more than 80 inventory slots&comma; the ability to form unrestricted-sized leagues&comma; and many other benefits&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p><strong><strong>Like <a title&equals;"Like on BagoGames on Facebook&excl;" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;pages&sol;BagoGames&sol;159779927418064&quest;ref&equals;ts" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">BagoGames on Facebook<&sol;a> and <a title&equals;"Follow BagoGames on Twitter&excl;" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;&num;&excl;&sol;BagoGames" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Follow us on Twitter<&sol;a> for further updates&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;