A teaser trailer has been released for the backstory on DC Universe Online. From the looks of things, it’s a grim world to begin with.

Judging from the devastation and the character cameos one might imagine that Superman has gone rogue, probably pumped up on red Kryptonite and perhaps in league with or under the control of the super villains, like Lex Luthor and the Joker [Legion of Doom anyone?] and is wreaking havoc. That’s what I imagine from the teaser anyway. We know that all of those characters mentioned will be in the game and other cameos in this teaser include Cyborg, Green Lantern, Flash, Batman and Wonder Woman.

Villians include Joker, Lex and Harley Quinn.

More will be revealed tonight at 12:30am, GameTrailers TV on Spike TV will air the world premiere of the full DC Universe Online “Blur” trailer, plus a behind-the-scenes look at DC Universe Online.