For those who are unaware of it, the formerly pay to play MMO DC Universe Online went free to play this week on both the PC and PS3. And as a result John Smedley, SOE’s President, announced via twitter that it has gained a staggering 120,000 new players on the PC version alone within the first 48 hours of it becoming free. It also saw a 300% increase in the number of concurrent users logged into the game during that time period.
If you want to join in the fun you can sign up to the PC version via Steam, or alternatively through the official DC Universe Online website, you can also download the client on PSN.
Having tried it out myself on PSN I can say its well worth looking into, however be aware that the PS3 download clocked up to a meaty 14.5GB. Which even on my very speedy connection took over six hours to complete.