When Radiant Entertainment was acquired by Riot Games all those years ago and tasked with making a fighting game, I would’ve expected the League of Legends creator to have immediately established that it must be set in the universe of Runeterra. Well, I thought wrong. It turns out that Radiant had the opportunity to create whatever kind of fighting game it wanted with its upcoming 2XKO, and that includes having the freedom to set it in a brand new universe. However, Radiant co-founders, twin brothers, and fighting game legends Tom and Tony Cannon have revealed that despite Riot not forcing them down the path to Runeterra, it was an easy decision for them to make.

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