Def Jam PS3/X360 named

By Tom Bramwell Published 18 October, 2006

Due out next March.

Electronic Arts has announced that the next Def Jam game will be called Def Jam: Icon, and it's due out on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 next March in the US and Europe.

Handled by EA Chicago, the chaps who most recently brought us excellent next-gen fighting game Fight Night Round 3, Icon will continue to fuse hip-hop music, culture and lifestyle into its beat-'em-up gameplay, and judging by comments from executive producer Kudo Tsunoda, the power of PS3 and 360 make a bit of a difference here in several ways.

For a start, he says, EA Chicago is "completely innovating the role of the environments in the games, moving from the typical lifeless arenas the hip-hop celebrities are fighting in to environments that play an instrumental part in the fight where they will react to the music and interact with both characters like a third fighter."

EA also talks about reworked controls that offer players better feedback, and of course you'll be able to assume the role of celebs like Ludacris, T.I. and Big Boi.

Watch out for more on Def Jam: Icon nearer release.

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Comments (6) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • Anthony_UK #1 5 years ago

    EA Chicago?? If this isn't being developed by AKI, i've lost all interest i once had on this one!!!

  • asphaltcowboy #2 5 years ago

    Despite being steeped in hip-hop culture to the point of nauseum, I actually quite enjoyed Fight for New York on Xbox. As a brawling/wrestling game (a game type I... never normally play) I thought it was great fun.

    EDIT: And you get to punch Sean Paul in the face.
    Edited by 1 at 18/10/06 @ 17:12

  • Zob #3 5 years ago

    Haha! The grammatically incorrect Sean Paul.

    I managed to fling him into the path of an oncoming subway train.

    My life felt complete at that point in time.

  • BlackSentoki #4 5 years ago

    I wonder how many people actually bought Fight For New York just so that they could inflict serious bodily harm on Sean Paul?

  • captainrentboy #5 5 years ago

    I'm like asphaltcowboy,I can't stand hip-hop and all that bling bling shit,but I really liked Fight for N.Y for some reason,I couldn't get my ass off of it until it was completed.

  • yonno #6 5 years ago

    ditto, but that took all of 6 hours