BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--What if our greatest heroes became our greatest threat? Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced Injustice: Gods Among Us, an all-new game in development by award-winning NetherRealm Studios, creators of the definitive fighting game franchise Mortal Kombat. The game is scheduled for release in 2013 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and the Wii U™ system from Nintendo.
Injustice: Gods Among Us debuts as a bold new fighting game franchise that introduces a deep, original story featuring a large cast of favorite DC Comics icons such as Batman, Harley Quinn, Solomon Grundy, Superman, The Flash, Wonder Woman and many others. Set in a world where the lines between good and evil are blurred, players will experience heroes and villains engaging in epic battles on a massive scale.
“With Injustice: Gods Among Us, we are creating an all-new franchise with incredible battles set in the DC Comics Universe,” said Martin Tremblay, President, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “NetherRealm Studios is the extremely talented team behind the latest Mortal Kombat hit and it is developing a game unlike any other in the fighting genre.”
“We can’t wait to reveal Injustice: Gods Among Us because it will give our fans and gamers an epic experience as they battle like gods as their favorite DC Comics villains and heroes,” said Ed Boon, Creative Director, NetherRealm Studios. “Our team is excited to make a fighting game that is filled with fast-paced action, incredible story-telling and iconic DC Comics characters.”
For more information, visit www.injustice.com.
About DC Entertainment
DC Entertainment, home to iconic
brands DC
Comics (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash), Vertigo
(Sandman, Fables) and MAD,
is the creative division charged with strategically integrating its
content across Warner Bros. Entertainment and Time Warner. DC
Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to
unleash its stories and characters across all media, including but not
limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment and
interactive games. Publishing thousands of comic books, graphic novels
and magazines each year, DC Entertainment is the largest
English-language publisher of comics in the world. In January 2012, DC
Entertainment, in collaboration with Warner Bros. and Time Warner
divisions, launched We
Can Be Heroes—a giving campaign featuring the iconic Justice League
super heroes—to raise awareness and funds to fight the hunger crisis in
the Horn of Africa.
About Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Warner Bros.
Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Group, is a premier worldwide publisher, developer, licensor and
distributor of entertainment content for the interactive space across
all current and future platforms, including console, handheld and
PC-based gaming for both internal and third party game titles.
About NetherRealm Studios
NetherRealm Studios is a
leader in the development of interactive entertainment, and the creator
of the billion dollar Mortal Kombat franchise. Mortal Kombat has spawned
two theatrical films, multiple television series, and has sold over 28
million games to date. Located in Chicago, Illinois the award-winning
NetherRealm team has been working and creating games together since
1992. Additional information about NetherRealm Studios can be found at www.netherrealm.com.
INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US © 2012 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Developed by NetherRealm Studios. All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
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