Warner Bros. announces ‘Injustice: Gods Among Us’, a new DC fighting game

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and NetherRealm Studios just announced Injustice: Gods Among Us, a superhero fighting game set in the DC Universe. NetherRealm is the company behind many of the Mortal Kombat games, so they know a thing or two about fighting!

From the debut trailer you can spot a few characters from the Batman universe, including Harley Quinn, Solomon Grundy, and of course, Batman himself. The game will be out in 2013 for the Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii U. For more info check out the official press release after the break, and stay tuned to Batman-News.com. I’m going to be expanding the site this summer to bring you video game news in a big way — the same great coverage you’ve come to expect for movie news will be carried over into Batman games, comics, and more!

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New international ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ banner featuring Batman [Update: not official?]

Update: I’ve received a few tweets and emails that state this is not an official banner. Cine 1 has also removed it from their website, which may say it all…

Cine 1 has shared a few international banners from The Dark Knight Rises, including some we saw last week. However, they also posted a new one that features The Dark Knight himself. Check it out in the gallery.

SOURCE: Cine 1 [via Superhero Hype]

Tons of official ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ merchandise available now

Warner Bros. has updated their store with tons of official merchandise from The Dark Knight Rises. T-shirts, statues, action figures, toys, iPhone cases, mugs, and lots more! Meanwhile, Carboard-Cutouts, FilmCells Ltd., and Jack of all Trades have also released their officially licensed products. Check out all the new merchandise at the source links below. What will you buy?

SOURCE: WB Shop, Carboard-Cutouts, FilmCells Ltd., Jack of all Trades

Christopher Nolan was nervous to include Catwoman, won’t mention The Joker in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

The new issue of Empire goes on sale this Thursday, but subscribers have already started to receive their copies. ComicBookMovie’s Josh Wilding posted some interesting comments from director Christopher Nolan:

On the decision to include Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises

I was nervous about how she would fit into our world. But Jonah was very much convinced that there would be a great way to do it and eventually turned me around. Once I got my head around the idea of looking at that character through the prism of our films, saying, ‘Who could that person be in real-life?’ we figured it out. She’s a bit of a con-woman, something of a grifter. A hard-edged kind of criminal.

On the decision to not include The Joker in The Dark Knight Rises

We’re not addressing The Joker at all. That is something I felt very strongly about in terms of my relationship with Heath and the experience I went through with him on The Dark Knight. I didn’t want to in any way try and account for a real-life tragedy. That seemed inappropriate to me. We just have a new set of characters and a continuation of Bruce Wayne’s story. Not involving The Joker.

Head on over to ComicBookMovie at the source links below for more from Nolan on The Dark Knight Rises.

SOURCE: Empire via ComicBookMovie (1), (2)

‘The Dark Knight Rises’ TV spot #3 and #4 are online (video)

Yesterday two new TV spots for The Dark Knight Rises made their debut. TV spot #3 aired during the NASCAR race, but unfortunately that commercial hasn’t turned up online in HD quality yet. However, TV spot #4 is online in HD and it’s pretty awesome! Check it out, and I’ll update this post as soon as TV spot #3 turns up.

Update: Thanks to Superhero Hype forum member redfirebird2008, TV spot #3 is online in HD!

The Dark Knight Rises: set visit roundup

A few days ago websites that visited the set of The Dark Knight Rises last summer were able to tease their readers with character banners, promising that more would come soon. Now just a few days later, Warner Bros. has lifted the embargo for the set visit reports. I’ve composed a list of all the new articles from the set visit, and I’ll be adding a lot more!

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New ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ promo art offers new look at Catwoman

New promo art for The Dark Knight Rises has been released online, and we get a really good look at Anne Hathaway as Catwoman. There’s also more images of Batman, Bane, and The Bat… check them out at the source links below. Don’t forget to come back tonight at midnight EST, for a roundup of all the set visit reports!

SOURCE: Superhero Hype forums (1), (2), (3)