Injustice Gods Among Us Battle Edition

Forget the statue. Forget the steelbook. The Injustice Gods Among Us Battle Edition on PlayStation 3 goes in a completely different direction by bundling the game with a full fight stick, and for fighting game collectors, that changes everything.

The stick features official Injustice artwork and ships with three DLC skins from DC Comics' New 52. Manufactured with an Eightarc/Qanba base, this is a functional tournament-adjacent peripheral wrapped in DC iconography. It's got illuminated buttons and joystick, a non-skid foam base for lap play, and compatibility beyond just PS3.

The fight stick market during the PS3 era was booming thanks to the fighting game renaissance, and branded sticks tied to specific games have become some of the most collectible peripherals from that generation. Most people bought fight sticks from Mad Catz or Hori. Having one branded to Injustice, with custom artwork from one of the decade's biggest DC games, gives it a display identity that generic sticks can't match.

The Battle Edition is a fundamentally different collector's item than the statue-focused editions. It's a piece of gaming hardware, a functional tool and a display piece simultaneously. For anyone building a fighting game collection or a DC gaming shrine, the Battle Edition's fight stick is the kind of item that defines a shelf.

They don't make editions like this anymore.