{"id":12013,"date":"2026-07-21T01:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T22:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/?p=12013"},"modified":"2026-07-21T07:35:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T04:05:41","slug":"dc-announces-new-tag-fighting-game-and-injustice-fans-are-confused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/07\/21\/dc-announces-new-tag-fighting-game-and-injustice-fans-are-confused\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Announces New Tag Fighting Game And Injustice Fans Are Confused"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Fans have been waiting a long time for a new Injustice game, but it looks like they\u2019ll have to wait a little longer after DC revealed a totally different fighting game\u2026 on mobile.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">DCKO is an upcoming free-to-play mobile fighting game developed by Drop Fake, Inc., an independent game studio based in British Columbia. Featuring characters from DC Comics, this title is a 2v2 tag fighter with collectible and RPG elements where players can level up their fighters, unlock new stats, and boost their abilities by spending in-game currency. It&#8217;s scheduled for release in 2027.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">It couldn\u2019t be any more different from NetherRealm\u2019s Injustice games, and that\u2019s what has the fighting game community in knots after DCKO\u2019s announcement trailer released on July 20, 2026. <\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The Twisted History of DC&#8217;s Injustice Universe<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click through for a quick breakdown of the Injustice universe and how the games connect to the many spinoff comics.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dc-announces-new-tag-fighting-game-and-injustice-fans-are-confused.gif\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cDC, this isn&#8217;t the time for you to play games and release an Injustice clone. You know what we want,\u201d one commenter wrote on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cShould have been the next NetherRealm game,\u201d another said on X.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Others can\u2019t help but reference Multiversus, the multi-property platform fighter published by Warner Bros. Games that was famously delisted just one year after its release. (It\u2019s worth noting that DCKO is both developed and self-published by Drop Fake, Inc., though it is officially licensed through Warner Bros. Game Interactive on behalf of DC.)<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">It\u2019s been nearly ten years since the last Injustice game released in 2017. Fans have been hoping for a third installation in the franchise since May 2025, when NetherRealm publicly confirmed it would no longer add content to Mortal Kombat 1 in order to focus on the studio\u2019s \u201cnext project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">This project is rumored to be Injustice 3, with MP1st reporting the game is in \u201cactive development\u201d at NetherRealm as of April 2026. The game has been all but confirmed by multiple sources, including the voice actors for Superman and Aquaman, who let slip their involvement in the game in now-deleted social media posts, as well as an artist who listed Injustice 3 on their Artstation portfolio.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">And on July 16, Ed Boon himself posted a \u2018Best Injustice 1 Super Move Tournament\u2019 poll on X, giving fans even more hope that a new DC fighter from NetherRealm is on the way. While DCKO has thrown a confusing wrench in the mix, it doesn\u2019t seem to have interrupted things at NetherRealm, which has known what its next game would be for some time now.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Virginia (she\/her) is IGN\u2019s News Editor. With ten years of experience reporting on games and entertainment, she\u2019s got a storied background in the fighting game community, influencer news, and viral online trends. Find her on Twitter at <\/em>@TheeMissGlaze<em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dc-announces-new-tag-fighting-game-and-injustice-fans-are-confused.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dc-announces-new-tag-fighting-game-and-injustice-fans-are-confused.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dc-announces-new-tag-fighting-game-and-injustice-fans-are-confused.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dc-announces-new-tag-fighting-game-and-injustice-fans-are-confused.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-12013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-49","tag-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12015,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12013\/revisions\/12015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}