Why The Future of Injustice Games is So Uncertain
Superheroes have found a safe home within video games, and it is not hard to understand why. With their superpowers and their outlandish outfits, they lend themselves well to the kinds of gaming adventures that players love to enjoy. Consequently, in recent years, franchises like Insomniac's Spider-Man and Eidos-Montréal's Guardians of the Galaxy have been smash hits that have sold millions of copies and helped boost the popularity of the superheroes that grace their covers. Sitting alongside these titans is NetherRealms Injustice franchise, a fighting game series featuring some of the most recognizable heroes and villains from the DC universe.
The first game, Injustice: Gods Among Us, launched in 2013, and it was the bestselling game in the US in the month of its release. Its sequel, Injustice 2, was similarly successful, becoming the highest-grossing game in the second quarter of 2017 when it launched. Naturally, gamers would expect to see more Injustice games being pumped out, but things may not be so simple. Due to licensing issues and NetherRealm's commitment to Mortal Kombat, there is no guarantee that there will be more Injustice games.
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The Injustice video game series is directed by Ed Boon, who is no stranger to the gaming world. His break into gaming came in 1992 when he and his team consisting of four other people released a game called Mortal Kombat. There were other fighting games around at the time, including Street Fighter 2, but Mortal Kombat managed to stand out from its competitors by featuring supernatural moves and including stomach-churning gore. Players were instantly hooked on Mortal Kombat's ultra-violence, and its finishing moves, known as Fatalities, are
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