Injustice 2 Officially Announced, Coming in 2017

<p>NetherRealm Studios hit it big when they began adding stories to their fighting games &&num;8211&semi; a move which was still rare at the time&period; It made logical sense after making <em>Mortal Kombat 9<&sol;em>&comma; that the team should try something that is inherently story-heavy&period; <em>Injustice&colon; Gods Among Us <&sol;em>was extremely popular and had an excellent story to boot that made all the fights that much more visceral&period; With only days left to E3 2016&comma; Warner Bros&period; Interactive Entertainment has announced that <em>Injustice 2 <&sol;em>will be making its way to PS4 and Xbox One in 2017&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There is no word on a PC version&comma; which makes a bit of sense based on the fact that <em>Injustice&colon; Gods Among Us <&sol;em>never received a PC release and the last NetherRealm Studios title was <em>Mortal Kombat X<&sol;em>&comma; which was a very poor port of the game on PC&period; The announcement of <em>Injustice 2 <&sol;em>follows <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;2016&sol;6&sol;7&sol;11876346&sol;leaked-promo-posters-show-off-injustice-2">a leaked promo poster<&sol;a> that was sent to GameStops and would be given out to customers who pre-ordered the game&comma; while supplies last&period; It seems like Warner Bros&period; probably pushed their announcement of the game up to today&comma; instead of what was likely going to be an E3 announcement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Injustice 2 <&sol;em>will look to offer more customization than players have received in past fighting games&comma; allowing them to customize the way their fighters look&comma; fight&comma; and develop over several game modes&period; The press release specifically states that their will be &&num;8220&semi;<em>unique and powerful gear earned throughout the game<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&comma; but chances are that will be very cosmetic&period; I&&num;8217&semi;ll be interested to see if it does have any bearing on gameplay as balancing would then become an even more incredible feat&period; <em>Mortal Kombat X<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s three fighting styles for each fighter offered a more challenging approach to balancing that NetherRealms managed to handle without many problems&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The trailer above re-introduces characters that were already present in the first game&comma; but with some new visual flourishes&period; The second game will pick up where the first one&&num;8217&semi;s story left off&comma; as new threats try to put Superman&&num;8217&semi;s regime back together&period; Some of the new villains in this game include Atrocitus and Gorilla Grodd&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you can&&num;8217&semi;t wait until 2017 to get to use some of the new skins of superheros in action&comma; fans who have downloaded the <em>Injustice&colon; Gods Among Us <&sol;em>mobile game can now unlock the Superman and Aquaman costumes from <em>Injustice 2<&sol;em>&comma; via challenge modes&period; Until then&comma; stay tuned to BagoGames during E3 2016&comma; where there will surely be more information pertaining to the game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; Warner Bros&period; Interactive Entertainment Press Release<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;