It’s a momentous and opportunistic period for DC right now. Pedestaled by recent outings in the DCU—Creature Commandos, Superman, and Peacemaker—James Gunn and Peter Safran are shepherding the DC brand to the promised land and finally bringing some goodwill to the cinematic and theatrical side of one of the comic book industry’s most popular banners. For a while there, DC movies and TV shows were as dismissed or poorly received as DC video games, and the DCU being introduced to video game properties was a bold promise that hasn’t quite been fulfilled yet.
That said, it’s possible that DC games’ futures could be as bright as the DCU’s if one rumor is to be believed. Acclaimed Superman voice actor George Newbern, who voices the Kansas-raised Kryptonian in DC projects such as the Justice League animated series and NetherRealm’s Injustice franchise, allegedly let slip that he was working on Injustice 3. If legitimate, this leak/accidental reveal would suggest that not only is there an Injustice 3 in development, but that the DCU and James Gunn’s effect on DC as a whole still hasn’t been integrated fully into the video game landscape, or at least not on an explicit level.
Interestingly, the fan who came forth with the Newbern claim has since retracted what was said. Notwithstanding, Injustice 2’s Phil LaMarr also supposedly spoke about his involvement in Injustice 3, lending credibility to its validity. Either way, such information should be taken with a grain of salt.
A Corenswet Superman Skin in Injustice 3 is a No-Brainer
It would be absurd if David Corenswet suddenly became the new face of Superman in all future DC games, and maybe that’s not quite what was meant when a greater emphasis on the DCU continuity in DC games was alluded to. However, these blurred lines will always make various iterations of characters and original storylines or continuities in different games confusing to parse, especially if Corenswet’s Superman is simply plastered into future DC games via cosmetic skins.
Corenswet’s Superman has since appeared in Fortnite and Injustice 2 Mobile, the latter of which technically already embeds the DCU’s “punk rocker” into the Injustice series somewhat.
As for a mainline, non-mobile DC game, there hasn’t been a DCU appearance/reference/cameo yet. To be fair, the DCU is in its infancy with a lot of exposition and worldbuilding to come, but Mortal Kombat 1 featuring John Cena’s Peacemaker may be a neat amuse-bouche for what DC games all look like soon.
For instance, the next Mortal Kombat game is almost guaranteed to include another DC or DCU character, thanks to Mortal Kombat and DC’s intimate, mutual tether at Warner Bros., as well as Mortal Kombat 11 and Mortal Kombat 1 having both made such efforts. Of course, NetherRealm could have its cake and eat it, too, when it comes to a bevy of DC characters in Injustice 3, assuming the threequel is indeed real.
Newbern himself being in Injustice 3 would hardly be a spoiler, seeing as how Superman has been the primary focal point of the continuity thus far, and excluding him from Injustice 3 would be as bewildering and unexpected as if Sub-Zero was absent from Mortal Kombat 2, or whatever Mortal Kombat 1’s sequel will be titled. And, like NetherRealm has done with fighter skins and their associable voicelines before (not to mention Stephen Amell voicing his CW Arrow skin), it wouldn’t be surprising at all if a Corenswet skin became available for Injustice 3’s Superman with the actor lending his voice for the cosmetic.
The DCU being introduced to video game properties was a bold promise that hasn’t quite been fulfilled yet.
Injustice 3 Could Be a Treasure Trove of DCU References for Years to Come
Because of how much DC is flourishing right now—in comics as well, with the response to DC’s Absolute runs for Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, in particular, being extraordinarily positive—Injustice 3 would strike the iron while it’s hot. It’s unknown how it would intend to follow Injustice 2’s multiple endings, but, with so many DCU and DC Elseworlds projects in development, there’s no shortage of content and characters it could adapt to hop on that bandwagon and indulge in the DCU’s popularity, including the following notable works:
- Creature Commandos, an animated DCU HBO Max series that began airing its first season on December 5, 2024.
- Superman, a DCU movie that was released on July 11, 2025.
- Peacemaker, an HBO Max DCU series that began airing its second season on August 21, 2025 (interestingly, only the second season of Peacemaker is canon to the DCU, having retroactively retconned significant events from the first season).
- Lanterns, a DCU HBO series that is reportedly airing sometime in early 2026.
- Supergirl, a DCU movie that is scheduled to be released on June 26, 2026.
- Clayface, a DCU movie that is scheduled to be released on September 11, 2026.
- The Batman: Part 2, a DC Elseworlds movie that is scheduled to be released on October 1, 2027.
DC Elseworlds’ HBO Penguin show is certainly celebrated, but it might not be wholly realistic to predict Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot, much less Colin Farrell’s Oz Cobb, joining an Injustice roster, unless he’s given incredibly creative umbrella utility. Supergirl, on the other hand, would be another brilliant shoo-in for a skin since the titular, Milly Alcock-led movie about Kal-El’s cousin, Kara Zor-El, releases next summer. Likewise, by the time a third Injustice game launches, NetherRealm could have a John Stewart skin for a Green Lantern roster character that adapts the likeness of Lanterns’ Aaron Pierre.
If DCU roles and the like are meant to transcend media and feature the same actors’ portrayals, it’d be fascinating to have multiple voice actors for multiple characters based on the various skins that could appear in an Injustice 3. Plus, depending on how long an Injustice 3 would be sustained for, NetherRealm could realistically continue peppering it with inspiration from nearly every new DCU project, and even eventually incorporate a skin and possible voice talent adapting The Batman: Part 2’s Robert Pattinson.
It’s perhaps deliberately unclear whether Matt Reeves’ take on the Caped Crusader will be folded into Gunn’s overarching DCU continuity, but that wouldn’t necessarily mean he couldn’t appear as a skin for Injustice 3’s Batman—a roster addition as inevitable as Superman, as the two are effectively the Scorpion and Sub-Zero of NetherRealm’s Injustice games.
Injustice 2
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May 11, 2017
- ESRB
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T for Teen: Alcohol Reference, Blood, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence
- Engine
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unreal engine 3, unreal engine 4
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