In an effort to get the juicy details on Raiden's recent induction into the Unreal universe, IGN spoke with publisher Midway Games on how the god of lightning and thunder bolted his way over to developer Epic Games' Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict. From the article:

"The guys at Epic are huge Mortal Kombat fans," said Steve Allison, the chief marketing officer who's also currently serving as executive producer for L.A. Rush. "So when we did the publishing deal for Unreal Championship 2 with them it started as a 'wouldn't it be cool if we could put some MK characters in the Unreal universe?' more as a joke, and then the Epic guys said, 'Let's do it!.' Raiden was chosen because he was the one guy the Epic guys all wanted unanimously. He also fits the Unreal universe well, given his orientation around lightning based projectiles."

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