Ed Boon Signals Injustice 3 as Mortal Kombat 1 Growth Slows
mortal kombat 1 gave NetherRealm a recent release, but the studio’s next move now looks to be Injustice 3. MP1st said a Warner Bros. Games artist resume listed the project outright, adding new evidence to a game that had already been on DC fans’ watch lists for years.
The clearest signal comes from that resume: the artist listed work on several AAA projects, including the already confirmed Hogwarts Legacy sequel and two unannounced titles, then named Injustice 3. For a studio that has spent recent years alternating away from DC with two consecutive Mortal Kombat releases, that is the first concrete paper trail attached to the next Injustice entry since 2017.
Ed Boon and the 2021 plan
Ed Boon had already said the team intended to go back to Injustice, and he said the studio had decided on its next project as far back as 2021. That matters because it narrows the gap between rumor and development chatter: the project was not just a wish list item, but something NetherRealm had apparently mapped out years ago.
James Gunn added another layer when he said discussions were held with both NetherRealm and Rocksteady Studios about future DC titles, and he met with NetherRealm almost as soon as he took over the DCU. That leaves the publisher’s broader DC game strategy tied to a studio that has already proven it can move between fighting-game brands without losing momentum.
2017 Back to DC
Injustice 2 arrived in 2017, and the franchise has been absent since then while Mortal Kombat occupied the studio’s release schedule. The stretch is long enough that the new resume reference does more than feed speculation; it suggests a return to a dormant DC property after two straight Mortal Kombat releases kept the pipeline busy elsewhere.
The timing also fits NetherRealm’s recent pace. Its titles have required a three-to-four-year development cycle on average, which makes a reveal in the near future the logical next step if the project is already far enough along to appear on a working resume. For readers tracking the studio’s slate, the practical takeaway is simple: the next public move is more likely to be a reveal than a rebuild.
