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Injustice 2's First DLC Characters Revealed With New Trailer

Three characters are on the way as part of Fighter Pack 1.

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We knew DLC characters would be coming for Injustice 2, and we now have the names of the first three that are on the way.

As revealed in the trailer above, Sub-Zero (of Mortal Kombat fame), Red Hood (who sometimes works with Batman), and Starfire (a Tamaran princess) will be playable characters in Injustice 2. They'll be released as part of the Fighter Pack 1 DLC.

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A price for the pack was not announced, but we do know these characters--along with six others--are bundled together as part of Injustice 2's Ultimate Edition, which is priced at $100. The $80 Digital Deluxe Edition also comes with these three characters.

Similarly, a release date for Fighter Pack 1, or any of the subsequent DLC packs, was not shared. The characters won't be available on day one, as they remain in development.

Fans (including one on NeoGAF) have noticed a teaser toward the end can be modified to make it easier to see the silhouettes of what may be future DLC characters. It looks as if Raiden and Black Manta could be among those still to be announced.

Those details should be announced before long, as Injustice 2's release is now just over a week away. It launches for PS4 and Xbox One on May 16. Other recent character reveals have included Joker, Darkseid, and Brainiac.

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I don't think they should be using MK characters either. The whole draw to them is their ultra violent moves and sadly as we're dealing with WB and DC here as opposed to simply just Netherealm, no-one is going to allow batman to have his arms yanked from their sockets or his brain cut in half. You take MK characters out of an MK game and it's like taking the venom out of a Cobra. They shouldn't be "neutered" but left as nature intended! Without all the gore and OTT brutality I'm sorry to say Ed (Boon) that the characters are as dull as dishwater and have no place standing alongside true icons!

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I'm excited for this game, but still $40 for 9 dlc characters and costumes is rediculous it's almost the cost of the game just for characters. Gaming these days is a money pit. At times i don't mind but for a fighting game...not so much.

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I can only assume people that the people who complain about knowing what they want to do for DLC ahead of time have never actually worked on a large software project. It's called Scope and scope creep. Let's say I'm designing a website for people to buy stuff from. For sure with the 1.0 release I need user accounts, product pages and a shopping cart system.

I'd love for them to set up and save wishlists, purchase items as gifts, set watches for price changes and suggest similar items as well. If I wanted all these "extra" stuff for my 1.0 my site would be launched much later and the cost of development would increase as well. Adding this extra stuff into 1.0 is called Scope Creep and it continues unabated until development costs too much, a product is never released and it eventually dies. This is close to what Star Citizen seems to be doing and it's a development no-no.

It's not a bad thing to know you eventually want user features like this. It's important to scope out ahead so you develop with that in mind. For instance, if you know you eventually want a fighter after 1.0 that mainly fights in the air, you can develop the rest of the fighters with high blocks ahead of time. If you don't scope out like this and try to add something like that later, you end up having to either re-develop/balance other characters just for this one extra character you couldn't scope into 1.0 because you didn't look ahead and do proper scoping to begin with.

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Why Sub Zero when we already have Captain Cold?

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I know people wanted Red Hood and Starfire a lot... maybe Spawn and Static aren't that far.

The obvious Black Manta silhouette is obviously Black Manta, but he's part of a stage transition (which is why I assumed he wouldn't be playable in this game)... if one of the players is playing as him in the Atlantis stage, will someone else take his place in that event?

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Oh good. I'm so glad we already know the first DLC for a game that ISN'T EVEN RELEASED YET! This kind of crap is total BS.

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Im going to buy this shit just whoop your ass as the red hood chrispy

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SUB ZERO

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Why is there a DLC if the game hasn't released?

People please stop supporting shitty company like this. WB and Capcom. Shitty ass companies trying to rip every little cent we have.

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@toan8781:

They're not finished. For these to be included in the game, the release date would have to be set back, as the game actually went gold several weeks ago.

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@tonyathome: And you actually believe that. COME ON.

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Why do people keep buying this stupid DLC bullshit? Do idiots really like paying over $90 for something that should've been included in the game?

I'll just wait for the "complete" version of the game to come out instead, like I did with the last Mortal Kombat.

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alli baba and the forty thieves

Ali baba and the forty thieves

ALI Baba and the forty thieves

ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES!

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How about they pack all this dlc in the 60 dollar cost of the game instead of charging extra for this bullshit? So tired of dlc talk before a game comes out. We shouldn't have to pay extra for content related to a game that we've already purchased. I've taken this game off my list.

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Gonna wait for it to go on a deep discount before buying it. Shame too, I was really looking forward to it.

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Wish they would of made starfire pretty.

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@Jag-T1000: Well Super Girl and Wonder Woman also looks awful too. They have done a horrendous job with this character models. I would have fired the people behind this characters model and how awful they look.

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Can they reveal the Mr. freeze premiere skin now?

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I'd pay the full $60 on launch day, if I could buy the ultimate edition, right then and there, no b.s.

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I loved the first Injustice, I love Netherrealm studios, but they're falling into the same BS practices as many others. The game isn't even out yet and they already have an Ultimate Edition?? They already have determined what DLC characters are going to be even before the game is out?? Sorry but I'll wait for the inevitable Ultra Ultimate GOTY edition that will be around 20-30 bucks. There's plenty of other games to play until then

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Cool story, I'll buy the inevitable GOTY edition when it's 20 bucks I guess.

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This is so dumb. They already know what extra characters they're going to make and even have a trailer for it BEFORE the game comes out? Why not just delay the game and put that stuff in it this is ridiculous!

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Gotta wait for another goty edition I guess.

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Seriously... you're talking about DLC we can purchase before the game is even out? It's sad that these practices are becoming normal.

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game hvent gome out and already hve a DLC, **** this shit, i refuse to give my money to a incomplete game. this sucks, will hve to wait a year for a complete edition (Complete game).

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I really hope all the titans are in this one. Starfire, cyborg, and robin (dont think he's the titans robin but still) are in it. Beastboy and raven are too dope not to be in it.

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the only one i'll be interested in is Red Hood.

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I didn't want any Mortal Kombat characters and now they're making two DLC? I really hope that Raiden silhouette is a trick and it's really Katana or something and yeah it doesn't look like a woman but I don't know who would wear the hat. It would kind of be great if it's not even in the characters gear and they literally throw the hat away when they're announced. Anyway that's really disappointing when I can think of 50 more DC characters who would be great in a fighting game and plenty of guests that would make more sense too. Etrigan, Spectre, Metamorpho, Beast Boy, Negative Man, Rac Shade there's so many characters with great power sets that would add a lot to Injustice and deserve the push in popularity that comes from being in a game like this.

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Does anyone know why this is not coming to PC? MKX was released on PC. I know the initial port of that game was awful but they fixed it eventually and released all the DLC on PC as well. I really want to buy this day 1 so I guess the PS4 version will do =/

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@romeothebeast: Why not wait a year to see if they announce a PC version?

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@PSYCHOV3N0M: If it was a single player game or a game I wouldn't play online a lot then I would wait. I was late to the party with MKX and though I got pretty good I was fighting a lot of monsters online with tons of fights. Especially on ranked. I don't know I just enjoy fighting games more when I have access to them day 1. Usually I avoid day 1 buys as much as possible and even for this game I will use a friend's prime account to get it at a discount.

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@romeothebeast: They don't know how to release a good port? honestly, i just think that there are not enough people to play it on PC but i would like them to release it too with Xbox crossplay

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Sub-zero?.. No Spawn?... Lame!

(Yes I know Spawn's Image, not DC)

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So many characters to choose and they put subzero. I really hate this. The same way I really hate scorpion in first game.

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@falomd23: Nothing wrong with guest characters in fighting games.

Don't like it? Don't play as him. It's that simple.

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@PSYCHOV3N0M: Those 2 (3?) characters could have been Ra's Al Ghul, Circe and Anti-Monitor. Or Metallo, Clayface and Spectre. Or Two-Face, Lex Luthor and Mirror Master...

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@PrpleTrtleBuBum: Your choices are way better than what we're getting. Don't mind Sub Zero but the other two seem pointless

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@falomd23: Plus that looks like Raiden in the back and Vixen next to him who would probably play like another variation of Catwoman.

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I hate this DLC model. I miss the old school fighting games where you had to unlock characters by fighting and beating the game (Super Smash Bros or Marvel vs Capcom 2 on the Dreamcast comes to mind). I love DC and I really enjoy the vibe of the first game but I guess I just haven't evolved with the fighting franchise as I also dislike the juggling aspect of modern fighters and because of that I don't grow to level where I can compete in most of the in-game features and modes. What I want to be a day one purchase will probably be reduced to waiting for the discounted version of the ultimate/unlimited addition.

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@Nellyson: well said, couldn't agree more

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@Nellyson: As cool as some juggle combos can look and even feel to pull off I agree with you. I never liked long juggle combos in fighting games. Sure I do learn them myself but I just feel like they shouldn't exist or should be limited big time. Other than that though the first game was so much fun. I don't blame you for waiting for the Ultimate edition especially if you don't plan on playing a lot online.

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Cool. Looking forward to Injustice 2 launch day and cannot wait to try out Starfire along with Sub-Zero cause I always like him over Scorpion.

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@davillain-: You're getting ripped off by buying the game with all the season passes. Just do the smart thing and buy the complete version when it comes out.

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@Simulator_Shock: I'm more of an DC guy and I happen to enjoy the first Injustice game so getting this one wasn't a no brainier and not only that, it's the one fighting game I'm putting a lot of hours anyway, this is a huge improvements over the first game. I did my studies and this is the one I want to buy.

But I sure as hell ain't buying Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite until the super ultimate edition (whatever it's going to be) is release.

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