GameSpot has a real gem for
Mortal Kombat fans in a new
video for
Unreal Championship 2, the
Xbox exclusive first-person shooter with a third-person melee fighting twist.
For those who are unaware,
Midway acquired the rights to publish the
Unreal franchise back in
July 2004 and immediately decided to cross-promote licenses between the
Mortal Kombat and
Unreal franchises by introducing
Raiden as a character in
Unreal Championship 2.
Those who have the original
Unreal Championship will be psyched to hear that
UC2 features a custom
Unreal engine, tailored to the
Xbox hardware, and not a port of
Unreal Tournament like the original
UC was.
In the
GameSpot video,
Raiden is shown performing several of his melee attacks including a spinning staff attack that explodes his opponents into gibs and his "shocker" fatality.
UPDATE:
IGN has a
developer interview up that explains the decision to add
Raiden to
Unreal Championship 2.
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