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Every fan of Batman has heard of the dreaded Two-Face. Although notoriously painted as a villain, this ambivalent individual is actually of two minds about every action he takes in life. While this frequently puts him on the wrong side of the law, Harvey's former life in the attorney general's office has helped him steer clear of being locked behind bars by remaining one or two steps ahead of the law in Gotham City.

But that doesn't mean he stays out of the spotlight! In fact, in DC Universe Online's second big update, Harvey Two-Face is taking center stage as the featured character around which the story will revolve. That, a bit of St. Patty's day fun with Mr. Mxyzptlk, the third and final installment of the Batcave raid, and a whole host of fixes and improvements await you with DCUO's March Update. Read on!

DCUO's March Update will feature Two-Face, with brief cameo appearances by a certain flightless fowl.

In a recent conversation with Chris Cao, he stated that, "Update One, we were making while we were launching the game, so it was kind of a stab in the dark where we said, 'what are some of the things that players might like to do?' As always, some people liked some of it, and some of it they didn't. With March, we looked at that, and looked at our metrics, and corrected off of that."

Chris went on to explain in a candid discussion that March's update also wraps up a lot of loose ends that were not completed by the time launch rolled around. This means that future updates in April and beyond will have a distinctly different flavor, since the team will now continue to develop specific types of content based directly upon the responses from active subscribers. Primarily, these will take the form of additional 4-mans and Alerts.

Moving forward, Chris and his team at SOE have also decided to move away from seasonal content as the primary focus of each update, and go with a simple numbering system that will allow for a greater level of coordinated effort. That said, March's update still has a "luck o' the irish" flair to it in celebration of St. Paddy's Day, as it focuses on the concept of chance. And Two-Face is the perfect avatar of chance over choice.

Despite the holiday having already passed, Chris insists that their goals of meeting this date, and last month's Valentine's roll-out, are important to stick to, even when the project becomes too complex to meet those goals. Some of the delay comes from rolling out the update through the Playstation Network, but much of it is simply still recovering from the launch of such an ambitious and successful game. "Backlash or no," he explains, "it's just a matter of sheer comparison. I would love to have all of these things instantly but unfortunately that's just not the reality of making these games. We're doing far better than the competition, by releasing so much content so quickly after release, and we're doing really well for ourselves."

Just what content is in store for us in this update?

Two-Face's big entrance will be marked with an instance where players will be sent to Penguin's hideout, aiming to take out his latest smuggling operation. The kicker? Harvey Two-Face is there, and only a flip of his coin will determine whether he's there to help or hinder your efforts. If Harvey's better half is dominant, he'll want the Penguin arrested for his crimes, but Two-Face's psychopathic tendencies will simply need to be placated before an all-out war breaks out. Each time you enter the instance, your experience will change, based on that 50/50 chance. This will also be players' first opportunity to dig into the Penguin backstory, as up until now he has not been an active player in the DCUO world. He's only appeared in one gang war cut scene, but now his minions (including a boss Penguin rumored to go by the name "Penguis Maximus") will be unleashed upon Gotham City.

Will Harvey Dent aid you or will Two-Face confront you in The Penguin's hideout? It all comes down to a coin flip.

That won't be your only opportunity to see Two-Face and his coin in action, though. He'll also soon be joining the Legends PvP line-up as a playable character. His abilities and powers in combat will change depending on how his coin lands, adding an extra element of surprise and variation to playing as this diabolical duality. While the Two-Face side of the coin is showing, his attacks deal more damage and he doles out damage-over-time attacks, but when Harvey's side lands face-up he instead excels at controlling the enemies with knockdowns and stuns.