DC Announces New Tag Fighting Game And Injustice Fans Are Confused

Fans person been waiting a agelong clip for a caller Injustice game, but it looks similar they’ll person to hold a small longer aft DC revealed a wholly antithetic warring game… connected mobile.

DCKO is an upcoming free-to-play mobile warring crippled developed by Drop Fake, Inc., an autarkic crippled workplace based successful British Columbia. Featuring characters from DC Comics, this rubric is simply a 2v2 tag combatant with collectible and RPG elements wherever players tin level up their fighters, unlock caller stats, and boost their abilities by spending in-game currency. It's scheduled for merchandise successful 2027.

It couldn’t beryllium immoderate much antithetic from NetherRealm’s Injustice games, and that’s what has the warring crippled assemblage successful knots aft DCKO’s announcement trailer released connected July 20, 2026.

“DC, this isn't the clip for you to play games and merchandise an Injustice clone. You cognize what we want,” 1 commenter wrote connected YouTube.

“Should person been the adjacent NetherRealm game,” different said connected X.

Others can’t assistance but notation Multiversus, the multi-property level combatant published by Warner Bros. Games that was famously delisted conscionable 1 twelvemonth aft its release. (It’s worthy noting that DCKO is some developed and self-published by Drop Fake, Inc., though it is officially licensed done Warner Bros. Game Interactive connected behalf of DC.)

It’s been astir 10 years since the past Injustice crippled released successful 2017. Fans person been hoping for a 3rd installation successful the franchise since May 2025, erstwhile NetherRealm publically confirmed it would nary longer adhd contented to Mortal Kombat 1 successful bid to absorption connected the studio’s “next project.”

This task is rumored to beryllium Injustice 3, with MP1st reporting the crippled is successful “active development” astatine NetherRealm arsenic of April 2026. The crippled has been each but confirmed by aggregate sources, including the dependable actors for Superman and Aquaman, who fto gaffe their engagement successful the crippled successful now-deleted societal media posts, arsenic good arsenic an creator who listed Injustice 3 connected their Artstation portfolio.

And connected July 16, Ed Boon himself posted a ‘Best Injustice 1 Super Move Tournament’ canvass connected X, giving fans adjacent much anticipation that a caller DC combatant from NetherRealm is connected the way. While DCKO has thrown a confusing wrench successful the mix, it doesn’t look to person interrupted things astatine NetherRealm, which has known what its adjacent crippled would beryllium for immoderate clip now.

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