Injustice 2: 6 Cancelled Characters You Need To See

These DC superheroes would've been AMAZING in-game.

by Ewan Paterson
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Injustice 2 is just over a year-and-a-half old, and though fans are already beginning to contemplate what the third entry in NetherRealm's DC saga may include, the sequel is still ticking - despite DLC having wrapped up some months ago.

Curtsey of a report from GameRant, we now also know that NetherRealm cancelled the implementation of six DC characters into the main game, with some fan favourites included amongst them. These range from slightly more obscure supporting characters, to genuinely renowned heroes villains from DC's library, and all were optioned by fans prior to release.

In the end, it's easy to see why NetherRealm opted not to include some of these characters, with a few definitely being able to sit in the pile of 'jokey' characters littered throughout the studio's titles, but there are others who you could genuinely see getting used in Injustice 3 - especially so, given their wider significance to the Injustice canon, which has been gradually expanded through actual DC Comics.

Either way, these designs by Justin Murray are fantastic, and we can't wait to find out if they make it to the sequel.

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.