Going back as far as the first Mortal Kombat in arcades, you could tell that Ed Boon was destined to work within the world of superheroes. From its inception Mortal Kombat has had super powered martial artists interacting with Gods, sorcerers and weird creatures from alternate dimensions and the franchise has even rebooted itself through a recreation of its…
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One day ahead of the May 16th release of Injustice 2 on PS4, Xbox One and PC comes a launch trailer mixing both plot and fisticuffs. The trailer sets up the new threat to the Injustice universe, Brainaic, and how his appearance affects all those within the Injustice universe on both sides of the conflict. Watch the launch trailer for Injustice 2 and…
Injustice 2 isn’t even yet, though it will be very shortly, and Netherrealm is already teasing the first round of downloadable characters for the alternate universe DC Comics fighting game. Continuing the trend from Injustice: Gods Among us, a Mortal Kombat fighter will join the roster, this time it will be Sub-Zero (who I’m sure will get along just fine…
After having been leaked yesterday on a Neogaf thread yesterday, the Joker has officially been confirmed as the next combatant coming to Injustice 2. Confirming the images that were leaked, the Joker this time around does indeed have more of a resemblance to the character’s last two cinematic outings, The Dark Knight and Suicide Squad, than the more traditional design from Injustice:…
Last night during a streaming event for Injustice 2 where we expected to see the reveal of the Joker that was leaked yesterday, new gameplay footage was instead shown for another character: Darkseid. While we’ve known about Darkseid’s existence in the game since the initial reveal trailer where he was announced as a “pre-order now” DLC character,…
Injustice 2 developer Netherrealm Studios was gearing up for a new character reveal tomorrow, but it looks like someone beat them to it. Images as well as gameplay footage was found on the Neogaf forums of the latest character coming to the upcoming DC Comics fighter. The new combatant? None other than the Clown Prince of…
After a lengthy hiatus, Chris Clow is back with another episode of the terrific Comics on Consoles podcasts. In the ninth episode of the show that addresses comics in the video game space, Clow turns his attention to the as of this writing, only game based on the Watchmen property, Watchmen: The End is Nigh, with the help of Peter Aperlo…
As Chris Baker, the author of WRONG! Retro Games, You Messed Up Our Comic Book Heroes!, puts in, when most people think of shameless copyright infringement in the days of retro gaming, they tend to think of Revenge of Shiniobi for the Sega Genesis with its cast of “characters” that includes Batman, Spider-Man, Godzilla, even a Hulk-ed out Arnold Schwarzenegger…
Last year Batman: Arkham VR launched on Sony’s new PlayStation VR head set and up to this point, it’s been an experience that could only be done on a Sony platform. That will no longer be the case later this month as the Rocksteady developed Batman: Arkham VR will be coming to both the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive…
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