Writers, directors, and actors have a lot of source material to draw upon when adapting comic book characters to the big screen. Now they have another tool in their arsenal to play with: video games. When making Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Chris Evans admitted to taking inspiration from the underappreciated Captain America: Super…
Revealed back in May with its voice cast confirmed in July, the trailer for the animated adaptation of Injustice: Gods Among Us was once exclusive to the home video release of Batman: The Long Halloween Part 2. Now the preview of the film, simply titled Injustice, has found its way online. Based on the first…
In May, the existence of an animated featured based on the Injustice games was revealed. This was via a press release for the second part of the adaptation of Batman: The Long Halloween, available this Tuesday July 27th, that stated one of its bonus features would be the first trailer for the yet to be…
Injustice, the DC Comics fighting game series from Mortal Kombat developer, NetherRealm Studios, is equally known for its engrossing story as it is its superpowered fisticuffs. Set in a world where a tragedy has caused Superman to shift from protector to ruler, the world of Injustice has been developed across two best-selling games – with…
Last November, both Sony and Microsoft rolled out their next-generation consoles in the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series S/X respectively. While support for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One hasn’t dried up yet, it’s inevitable that the boxes we’ve enjoyed for the past seven years will become quaint relics. To that end, I thought…
The Injustice fighting games, developed by Mortal Kombat kreators NetherRealm Studios, are known for their terrific story modes that tell of a world where heroes are divided and Superman rules over all with a fist of steel. What helped to further elevate the Injustice universe was an ongoing comic series by writer Tom Taylor that filled in story gaps around the…
In the fall of the same year that the original Injustice: Gods Among Us was released in 2013, an “Ultimate Edition” was released that contained all the downloadable content that came out post launch. This edition was available on two of the platforms it was released on: Xbox 360 and PS3, as well as the at the…
One week ago news started to surface of a potential sequel to the 2013 DC fighting game, Injustice: Gods Among Us, and now some leaked promotional art for the Gamestop chain that was sent to Polygon seems to confirm that the game is indeed real enough to the point that pre-orders will probably be open soon. While…
Back when the Marvel Cinematic Universe launched in 2008, the film to video game rights for all properties were licensed to publisher Sega to farm out development to whom ever they saw fit. While the results ranged from really good (Captain America: Super Soldier PS3/Xbox 360, Thor: God of Thunder Nintendo DS) to okay (The…
In anticipation of the release of the story DLC for Batman: Arkham Origins Cold, Cold Heart next week, Xbox Live Gold subscribers get to catch up on all things Batman this week. Selections are not limited to just the Arkham series, with Injustice: Gods Among Us, Lego Batman 2, and the multi-player only Gotham City…
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