Sony Online Entertainment and Mass Animation announced today that a DC Universe Online Animation Contest will launch on the game's Facebook page on Dec. 7. The contest is version 2.0 of the Mass Animation Facebook application and will give gamers the chance to collaborate in the creation of a DCUO CGI trailer and in-game character animations.

Contest entrants will have access to all the tools they'll need through the Mass Animation application on the DCUO Facebook page. Participants will be able to upload their entries, which will be voted on by viewers. The prizes will include cash and other items. You can read the full announcement after the jump.

Sony Online Entertainment confirmed today that Bizarro, the backwards clone of Superman, will appear in DC Universe Online. Lex Luthor wanted his own Man of Steel, but complications caused his top scientist to create the exact opposite.

We've added five screenshots of Bizarro to our gallery that showcase his flame breath and freeze vision powers. Bizarro's just as strong as Superman, and Kryptonite actually gives him even more strength.

Next month SOE will be "featuring a hero who amazed his audiences with his artistry in the air at a young age and eventually stepped out of the shadow of his mentor to take on new adventures." It's safe to say that announcement will focus on Dick Grayson, also known as Robin and Nightwing (and Batman, but not in DCUO).

About one month ago, Sony Online Entertainment officially revealed that Hal Jordan would be appearing as Green Latern in DC Universe Online, even though most fans had already figured it out. In a similar move that should come as no surprise to any DC Comics readers, SOE has announced that Oliver "Ollie" Queen will be using his trick arrows as the Green Arrow in the upcoming MMO.

We've added a bunch of new Green Arrow screenshots to our gallery that show him fighting alongside Green Lantern, Black Canary and Zatanna. Check them out to see Ollie in action.

It's no surprise that Green Lantern will be appearing in DC Universe Online. Regardless, Sony Online Entertainment has officially revealed that Hal Jordan, the premier Green Lantern in the famed Green Lantern Corps, will be using his ring to keep Earth safe from evil in the virtual DC universe.

We've added a bunch of new Green Lantern screenshots to our gallery, and they all give us a little insight into the DCUO version of the character. For example, John Stewart can be seen fighting alongside Hal, which shows we will see other members of the Green Lantern Corps. We also see Hal create a hammer and saw using his ring as he goes toe to toe with Sinestro.

For those of you who've been waiting for some new DC Universe Online media, a short Q&A with Jim Lee was recently posted at MMORPG.com. Jim Lee was one of the founders of Image Comics and currently serves as Creative Director for SOE's upcoming DC Comics superhero MMO.

The interview is short and sweet, but offers a glimpse into the process that Lee was hired for: making sure Sony gets it right. The piece is accompanied by another Q&A about DCUO, with Marv Wolfman, an old-school comic book writer. Wolfman is also on the DCUO team, and offers some info about the story arcs and themes that will be found in DCUO.

Leading up to the San Diego Comic-Con, teaser images of the newest DC Universe Online poster were posted as hints on the official DCUO Twitter page. We looked at both hints and figured the poster showcased Catwoman, and it looks like we were right! A new tweet shows comic artist and DCUO Executive Creative Director Jim Lee signing the poster for a fan at the convention, and he even took the time to draw a quick Hawkman sketch. You can view the image after the jump.

Members of the ZAM team are on the floor of the convention right now, and I'm sure they've been spending some time at the DCUO booth. Keep an eye out on ZAM.com for more DCUO news from our team in the field, and expect to see Catwoman in the game once it launches.

In case you missed it, a recent blog entry on the DC Universe Online Myspace page provided readers with a teaser image of a poster that will be given out at the San Diego Comic-Con next week, and it was the bottom half of a female face. The post said "people will be 'clawing' to get it," leading us to believe the poster is of Catwoman.

Well, a new post on the DCUO Twitter page has given us a second clue to the identity of the woman in the poster. The second image is a closeup of gloved hand with claws, which can be viewed after the jump. The tweet says it's the " purrrfect" poster, which all but solidifies it's Catwoman. So it's pretty safe to say she'll be making an appearance in the game.

Members of the ZAM team will be at the convention, which will be held from July 23-26. I'm sure they'll be stopping by the DCUO booth, so they'll be able to get a first-hand look at the full poster and let us know if we're right about our guess.

If you have a best friend or foe in the world of DC Comics, you should considering entering the BFF contest on the DC Universe Online Myspace page. All you need to do is submit a 30-second video explaining who your favorite DC hero or villain is and why and you could win some DCUO items, including a poster of Lex Luthor in power armor signed by Jim Lee and the development team.

The contest just started yesterday and runs through Aug. 15. If you happen to be at the San Diego Comic-Con from July 23-26, you can even submit your video on the spot. Members of the ZAM staff will be at the convention, and maybe you can convince them to dress up and make a stand for their BFFs at the DCUO booth if you ask them nicely in the comments section below. I'm not making any promises with that suggestion, though.

The DCUO team is looking for creativity, as they've shown in their own Myspace video. Grab some props, make a costume and really convince them why you'd rather side with Superman or Doomsday in a fight. More information can be found after the jump.

A blog entry on the DC Universe Online Myspace page has provided readers with a teaser image of a poster that will be given out at the San Diego Comic-Con, which will be held from July 23-26. The teaser image shows the bottom half a female face, and the post says "people will be 'clawing' to get it."

From the "clawing" remark, it's safe to assume the poster is of Catwoman, which means she'll likely be appearing in the game. So if you plan on attending the Comic-Con, keep an eye out for this poster. You can view the image after the jump.

It's always a personal pleasure to drill the DC Universe Online team with questions about the game and where it's at. Unfortunately the team wasn't showing anything new at Fan Faire, so we caught up with the Senior Producer, Wes Yanagi to ask all the questions that we haven't received clear answers on yet. Check out our findings...

ZAM: You've gone into some detail about PvP. Can you give us some more information about how PvP will work in DC Universe Online?

Wes Yanagi: First of all, PvP is always going to be consensual. The main thing with Heroes and Villains is that it lends itself naturally to PvP encounters, so a choice you can make for PvP is say, picking a PvP server, where all bets are off. If you're on a PvE server, we'll have 'flagging' for folks to toggle onto PvP mode. The different choices that you make there are like going into a PvP zone. You'll know that it's a zone and it's contested or something like that and that will be a choice you can make. Nothing will be required for people who don't like PvP to go into this. The other thing would be something like battlegrounds where players go into contested missions and instances - so that's PvP right there. The most interesting one is going to be contested encounters. In that case you'll have, say, an armoured car that's going down the street and you'll look at that encounter and go "OK that's fully marked as a contested encounter," so as a villain you might go knock it off and take the object inside of it. Now you have to transport that to a safe house or extraction point. If someone was on the hero side, he might be flying by and see the encounter and see you flagged for PvP. That hero can say "yeah I want to engage in that," so then he has to go in and get that same objective and transport it to the vault to secure it.