It seems like Netherealms might be returning to the Injustice universe for a 3rd game, eight years after Injustice 2. Well, that’s what an insider appears to be teasing, at any rate.
Multiversusie was a notable leaker of all tings Multiverse, Warner Brother’s doomed cross-franchise fighting game. Multiversusie seemed to have a very reliable source for the game, indicating someone inside either the development team or Warner Brothers was slipping information.
Now, though, Multiversusie seems to be hinting that the developers of the Mortal Kombat series are returning to the Injustice games. In a tweet on X, Multiversusie described as the shuttering of Multiversus as an “injustice” and then went on to use the term twice more.
“multiversus shutting down is an injustice, then doing it all again is another injustice leaving me without any leaks is yet again another injustice”
Then Multiversusie replied to the tweet, simply saying: “3”
The hint seems to be quite clear: Injustice 3 is happening.
multiversus shutting down is an injustice, then doing it all again is another injustice
leaving me without any leaks is yet again another injustice
— MultiverSusie (@multiversusie) May 17, 2025
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It would be an interesting move for Netherealms. Mortal Kombat is by far its biggest series, with Mortal Kombat 11 selling over 15 million copies. However, Netherealms opted to follow that up with another MK game straight away in 2024. Mortal Kombat 1 introduced yet another timeline into the series. Earlier this year, we learned that it has sold over 5 million copies, which is still impressive but seems slower than MK11, indicating some series fatigue. Mortal Kombat 1’s expansion was also reported to have done very poorly. In fact, it was rumoured to have done so badly that it resulted in a future story expansion being canned.
Fans are also under the impression that support for Mortal Kombat 1 is over due to the release of a complete edition that bundles all of the content together into one package.
It makes sense why Netherealm and Warner Brothers wants to return to Injustice, then. However, the DC fighting game series has historically not sold anywhere near as well. No official figures were released, but Injustice 2 was estimate to have sold 2-3 million copies. Keep in mind that DC also takes its cut of the sales.
If there truly is Mortal Kombat fatigue, though, then Netherealm may not have a choice. Making another Mortal Kombat might result in even lower sales, and right now Warner Brothers is already struggling and has even consider selling its gaming division. Netherealm can’t simply do nothing, and they don’t have any other franchises to work on unless they want to resurrect a Mortal Kombat spin-off like Shaolin Monks. That leaves them with either making a brand-new IP or go back to Injustice.