John Constantine has never really stayed gone for long, but it's been several years since the occult detective last graced us with his presence and in the intervening time, we've been eagerly awaiting news or a sighting of him. Now, though, we've finally got an update and DC has now confirmed that one of its most beloved antiheroes is officially making his return.

Better still, he’ll be sharing the stage with some of the publisher’s biggest heroes and villains. Constantine has been confirmed as a playable character in DCKO, DC’s newly announced free-to-play mobile fighting game from developer Drop Fake and Warner Bros. The announcement came alongside the game’s reveal trailer, which showcases Constantine fighting alongside characters including Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, Nightwing, Raven, Lex Luthor and Doomsday. The game is scheduled to launch in 2027 for iOS and Android, with pre-registration already available.

Unlike traditional fighting games, DCKO utilizes 2v2 tag-team combat, which allows players to switch between characters during battles while chaining together combo attacks, assists and powerful dual-character Super Moves. The game's also got both real-time PvP matches and story-driven PvE content, with players able to customize fighters by equipping different Super Moves and upgrading abilities over time. Drop Fake has also confirmed that additional playable “Legends” will be added regularly after launch.

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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Personality Quiz Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? Paul Atreides · Captain Kirk · Princess Leia · Ellen Ripley · Max Rockatansky
Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing to back down. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🏜️Paul Atreides
🖖Capt. Kirk
Princess Leia
🔦Ellen Ripley
🔥Max Rockatansky
QUESTION 1 / 8LEADERSHIP
01
How do you lead when the stakes couldn't be higher? The way you lead under pressure is the most honest thing about you.
QUESTION 2 / 8STRENGTH
02
What is your greatest strength in a crisis? The quality that keeps you alive when everything else fails.
QUESTION 3 / 8MOTIVATION
03
What is the thing you'd sacrifice everything else for? Your deepest motivation is your truest compass.
QUESTION 4 / 8PEOPLE
04
How do you relate to the people around you? Who you are to others under pressure is who you really are.
QUESTION 5 / 8THREAT
05
You're facing a threat that no one else believes is real. What do you do? How you respond when you're the only one who sees it defines everything.
QUESTION 6 / 8COST
06
What has your heroism cost you personally? Every hero pays. The question is what — and whether they'd pay it again.
QUESTION 7 / 8RULES
07
How do you feel about the rules of the world you're in? Every hero has a relationship with the system. What's yours?
QUESTION 8 / 8PURPOSE
08
When everything is on the line, what keeps you going? The answer is the most honest thing about you.
Your Hero Has Been Identified Your Sci-Fi Hero Is…

Your answers point to the iconic sci-fi hero who shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing the impossible.

Arrakis · Dune
Paul Atreides

You carry a weight most people would crumble under — the knowledge of what you're capable of, and the burden of what you might have to become.

  • You see further ahead than others and you plan accordingly, even when the vision frightens you.
  • You are driven by loyalty to your people and a sense of destiny you didn't ask for but can't escape.
  • Paul Atreides is not simply a hero — he is someone who understands the cost of power and chooses to bear it anyway.
  • That gravity, that willingness to carry what others won't, is exactly you.
USS Enterprise · Star Trek
Captain Kirk

You lead with instinct, warmth, and an absolute refusal to accept a no-win scenario — because you've always believed there's a third option nobody else has thought of yet.

  • You take the mission seriously without ever taking yourself too seriously.
  • Your crew would follow you anywhere, not because you demand it, but because you've earned it.
  • Kirk's genius isn't tactical — it's human. He reads people, bends rules with purpose, and wills outcomes into existence through sheer conviction.
  • That combination of warmth, audacity, and relentless optimism is unmistakably yours.
The Rebellion · Star Wars
Princess Leia

You are the kind of person who holds the line when everyone else is losing faith — not because you're fearless, but because giving up simply isn't something you're capable of.

  • You lead through conviction. Your voice carries because your belief is unshakeable.
  • You gave up everything ordinary the moment you chose the cause, and you've never looked back.
  • Leia is not a supporting character in her own story — she is the moral centre of the entire rebellion.
  • That same fierce, principled, unbreakable core is what defines you.
The Nostromo · Alien
Ellen Ripley

You are not reckless, not grandiose, and not particularly interested in being anyone's hero — you just refuse to stop when it matters.

  • You see threats clearly, you document the truth even when no one listens, and when the time comes you handle it yourself.
  • Ripley's heroism is earned, not performed. She doesn't have a speech — she has a flamethrower and a plan.
  • You share her composure under the worst possible pressure, and her refusal to pretend the monster isn't there.
  • When it counts, you don't flinch. That's everything.
The Wasteland · Mad Max
Max Rockatansky

You have been through fire that would break most people — and what came out the other side is something the world underestimates at its peril.

  • You don't ask for help, don't need validation, and don't wait for anyone to tell you the rules no longer apply.
  • Your loyalty, when it finally arrives, is absolute — but it's earned in silence and tested in action, not in words.
  • Max is not a nihilist. He is someone who lost everything and found, against his will, that he still has something worth protecting.
  • That bruised, stubborn, ultimately human core is exactly yours.

Is 'Constantine 2' Coming Out?

Constantine 2 remains in development, although DC Studios has not formally given the sequel a production start or release date. Keanu Reeves is expected to return as John Constantine, with original director Francis Lawrence also attached and Akiva Goldsman writing the screenplay.

Progress has been frustratingly slow, but Reeves revealed in 2025 that the creative team had finally received permission from DC Studios to develop its idea into a screenplay.

“We pitched a story to DC Studios, and they said, ‘Okay,’” Reeves said. “So we’re going to try and write a script.” He also promised that the sequel would not make life any easier for its protagonist, adding: “John Constantine’s going to be tortured even more.”

Lawrence sounded similarly optimistic while discussing the project, saying, “I will say we are closer than ever to being able to do a sequel, which is a great thing. And Akiva, Keanu and I are super, super excited about it.”

DCKO launches as a free-to-play game for iOS and Android in 2027.

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Release Date
February 18, 2005
Runtime
121 minutes
Director
Francis Lawrence

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Writers
Frank A. Cappello
Producers
Akiva Goldsman, Benjamin Melniker, Erwin Stoff, Lauren Shuler Donner, Lorenzo di Bonaventura