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NetherRealm Studios’ creative director Ed Boon has officially announced the release date of the developer’s upcoming fighting game Injustice 2.
As seen in the tweet from Ed Boon below, the director of Injustice 2 announced the fighting game’s release date with absolutely no frills. Instead of putting out an exorbitant release date trailer for the title, the image simply shows Injustice 2 as launching on May 16, 2017. Up until now, fans of Injustice 2 have been speculating about the fighting game’s release date ever since it was revealed in a trailer roughly seven months ago.
As it stands, the only close guess to Ed Boon’s official announcement of the title’s launch was GameStop’s company earnings report showing the title releasing in the first half of 2017.
Naturally, now that Injustice has a release date, the next item on most fans’ agendas is to find out what the game’s full roster will be. Thus far, NetherRealm Studios has announced couple of heroes and villains with familiar faces like Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and The Flash joining newcomers such as Supergirl, Atrocitus, Gorilla Grodd, and Suicide Squad members Harley Quinn and Deadshot.
Taken into consideration the fact that Injustice 2’s official launch date is nearly five months away, NetherRealm Studios has lots of time to expand the cast of characters for the game. In fact, Ed Boon and his development team have already been testing fans, asking them if they would like the DC Comics characters Watchmen to join the roster. Plus, it looks as if NetherRealm wants to follow a tradition of the original entry in the series by expanding the fighters outside of the DC Comics stable by adding figures like Sub Zero and Spawn.
Whatever it may be regarding the remaining character list of Injustice 2, it’s very important that NetherRealm studios delivers a sequel that only succeeds in retaining the best parts of the original’s gameplay, but also refines the first installment’s flaws in a satisfying way. Whether or not the developer can manage that remains to be seen, but it’s safe to assume that Injustice 2 will continue to be one of the most anticipated video games of 2017 until it releases later this May.
Injustice 2 is scheduled to be released on May 16, 2017, with the only confirmed platforms so far being PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
