Energetic, incredibly animated and packed with Easter eggs for fans. I'll never not love those glorious finishing moves of Injustice 2.

If you were ever hesitant about jumping into Injustice 2 due to the fragmented nature of fighting games in the new age of content delivery, then rest assured: Injustice 2 is 2017’s best fighting game made even better in 2018.

Wouldn’t it be great if at least one game made the effort to explain all of this jargon more clearly? Injustice 2 is hoping to be one of those select few games that actually makes the effort with its upgraded 2018 version.

Injustice 2 is easily the best fighting game from last year. As is typical of fighting games though, it’s received a wealth of post-release content, bringing two whole handfuls of new characters to the fight. NetherRealm seems to be done with new characters now, which means its time for the inevitable re-release, packed with all of the extra content.

The heroes in a half shell are bursting onto the Injustice 2 scene as early as next week, so check out the first looks at Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and the pizza hungry Michalangelo in this new trailer for the DLC.

It’s approaching time for the biggest fighting game even on earth. Every Year, EVO pits the very best of the best in the fighting game scene against each other in their respective disciplines. As is usual, eight premier fighting games from the past and present will be represented. What’s moderately surprising is which ones made the cut and which ones didn’t.

Injustice 2 set a new precedent for fighting game design when it released last year. Though it lacks much of the complexity attributed to tournament fighters like Street Fighter V or Tekken 7, NetherRealm Studio’s latest one-upped the competition in several departments. Its accessibility is a testament to its user-friendly design and it offers a level of polish in its presentation that is unparalleled in the genre. And it could mean great things for a new Mortal Kombat

From Nintendo rewriting how we play games with the launch of the Nintendo Switch, publishers unleashing risky new projects and an increase in the diversity we see on the screen, 2017 simply felt…special. Here’s a look at the best of the best, that 2017 had to offer.