Things are not looking too good for the rebirth of DC Universe Online. What started out as an effort to increase revenue by making the game free-to-play has become an effort to just keep the game running. SOE’s megaservers for DCUO have been suffering from major problems since the free-to-play initiative began. Over the past few days, PC and PS3 players in the United States and Europe have been unable to continuously play DCUO without encountering critical issues. If SOE was hoping to make a good first impression with DCUO, it has failed.

Gaia Online just announced the release of celebrity-inspired items for Gaia users. This week’s items now allow registrants the opportunity to dress up their avatars as Snoop Dogg or The Incredible Hulk with hairstyles, purple pants, green fists and more. This marks the first time fully licensed celebrity-branded virtual items have been sold in the virtual world.

In a partnership with virtual goods sales and distribution system Virtual Greats LLC, Gaia Online will allow users to collect or “snare” quality celebrity items each month to create…