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Release Date: 08-Mar-2007
Developed By: Electronic Arts
Published By: Electronic Arts
ESRB: Rating Pending
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Def Jam Icon is the third in Electronic Arts's Def Jam-licensed hip hop video game series. The game is being developed by EA Chicago, developers of Fight Night: Round 3 and is the first Def Jam game not to be developed by Aki Corporation. This installment purports to look and sound like a cutting edge video while offering the "intensity and drama" of a big budget film. The game is scheduled for release onto the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Story
Very little information about the game's storyline has been revealed, but it reportedly involves the player's created fighter founding his own record label. Soon after, the player's fighter fights various hip-hop artists, gaining more fame and publicity in the process.
Features
It will feature more than 35 artists, and will reportedly be much less professional wrestling-oriented than the previous games, Def Jam Vendetta and Def Jam: Fight for New York. Producer Kudo Tsunoda has said that he did not feel that wrestling and hip-hop went particularly well with each other. However, early previews of the game have revealed that throws and environmental damage will remain in the game.
The developers have aimed to make the music and the environment a much larger factor in the fight. The environments will include rooftops, streets, gas stations and other locales, as opposed to the wrestling rings or arenas of the previous Def Jam titles. In addition, the producers are promising massive levels of interactivity within each environment. Fighters will bleed and show visible signs of their injuries as fights progress and as the player's character gets hurt.
The music will actually affect the environment. Different events will occur on the beats of each song - some of which are dangerous. For example, a column of fire might shoot up from a ruined gas station on every "bass hit" of a song's chorus. Other changes will be purely cosmetic: hubcaps on cars will spin and twinkle to the beat of each song. The developers are even considering adding more damage to a fighter's punches and kicks if they occur "to the beat" or making a rapper stronger if one of their songs is playing. By listening to the beat of the song and then timing a throw, the player can toss his opponent into an environmental hazard just as it goes off. The player will also be able to load up their own music, and the game will have beat detection to find the beats from any song. PLus the rapper from Universal Records Chamillionaire will be featured in this game.
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| Multiplayers | 4 |
Def Jam Icon
Release Date: 08-Mar-2007
Developed By: Electronic Arts
Published By: Electronic Arts
ESRB: Rating Pending
Where to buy
Def Jam Icon is the third in Electronic Arts's Def Jam-licensed hip hop video game series. The game is being developed by EA Chicago, developers of Fight Night: Round 3 and is the first Def Jam game not to be developed by Aki Corporation. This installment purports to look and sound like a cutting edge video while offering the "intensity and drama" of a big budget film. The game is scheduled for release onto the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Story
Very little information about the game's storyline has been revealed, but it reportedly involves the player's created fighter founding his own record label. Soon after, the player's fighter fights various hip-hop artists, gaining more fame and publicity in the process.
Features
It will feature more than 35 artists, and will reportedly be much less professional wrestling-oriented than the previous games, Def Jam Vendetta and Def Jam: Fight for New York. Producer Kudo Tsunoda has said that he did not feel that wrestling and hip-hop went particularly well with each other. However, early previews of the game have revealed that throws and environmental damage will remain in the game.
The developers have aimed to make the music and the environment a much larger factor in the fight. The environments will include rooftops, streets, gas stations and other locales, as opposed to the wrestling rings or arenas of the previous Def Jam titles. In addition, the producers are promising massive levels of interactivity within each environment. Fighters will bleed and show visible signs of their injuries as fights progress and as the player's character gets hurt.
The music will actually affect the environment. Different events will occur on the beats of each song - some of which are dangerous. For example, a column of fire might shoot up from a ruined gas station on every "bass hit" of a song's chorus. Other changes will be purely cosmetic: hubcaps on cars will spin and twinkle to the beat of each song. The developers are even considering adding more damage to a fighter's punches and kicks if they occur "to the beat" or making a rapper stronger if one of their songs is playing. By listening to the beat of the song and then timing a throw, the player can toss his opponent into an environmental hazard just as it goes off. The player will also be able to load up their own music, and the game will have beat detection to find the beats from any song. PLus the rapper from Universal Records Chamillionaire will be featured in this game.