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Def Jam: Icon
Developer(s)	Electronic Arts
Publisher(s)	EA Chicago, Def Jam Interactive
Series	Def Jam
Platform(s)	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Release	March 6, 2007
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	1-2 players, online compatible

Def Jam: Icon is an upcoming fighting game, 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 game while offering the "intensity and drama" of a big budget film. Unlike the previous games in the series, numerous gameplay videos have proven the game's soundtrack will be completely uncensored. The game is scheduled for release onto the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Story

The player starts off as a underground rapper, then fights his way to fame. He decides to build a label and fights to gain more fame, then starts signing artists. The label starts releasing singles and albums, but watch your back...there's a war brewing on the streets.

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, A Club (unknown location), Chinese Resturant, Atlanta neighborhood, 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 effect 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 have added 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.

Def Jam: Icon will also feature some levels with area switches, for example in the Chinese Resturant you can throw, kick, or punch your opponent through the window and lead the fight onto the street. Or in the Gas Station mart you can throw your opponent out the glass door and take the fight to the Gas Station area.

Characters

• E-40
• Big Boi
• Ludacris
• Ice-T
• Jim Jones ^{(Def Jam: Icon Gameplay Movie 1)}
• Bun B [1]
• Mike Jones ^{(IGN Weekly Video #35)}
• Tego Calderon ^{(IGN Weekly Video #35)}
• Ghostface Killah ^{(IGN Weekly Video #35)}
• Lil John
• Redman
• Sean Paul
• The Game
• Anthony Anderson
• Yung Joc
• T.I.
• Ice-T
• Bun B
• Paul Wall
• Sticky Fingaz
• Kano (rapper)
• Fat Joe
• Sean Paul
• Redman
• Young Jeezy
• Method Man (http://www.xboxyde.com/news_3989_en.html)
• Russel Simmons (http://www.xboxyde.com/news_3989_en.html)

Soundtrack

Def Jam revealed the full soundtrack for the game, consisting of 29 songs in total. You also can upload your own MP3s into the game. The full equalizer effects of the game's songs will still be incorporated with custom soundtracks.

Artist/Song Title

• Big Boi (Purple Ribbon All-Stars feat. Big Boi)/Kryptonite
• E-40/Tell Me When To Go
• E-40/Go Hard or Go Home
• Fat Joe/Make It Rain
• Ghostface/The Champ (Remix)
• Jim Jones/Crunk Muzik
• Jim Jones/We Fly High
• Konkrete feat. Big Boi/What's that Smell
• Lil Jon (and the Eastside Boys)/Get Low
• Ludacris/Get Back
• M.O.P./Ante Up
• Method Man & Redman/Da Rockwilder
• Mike Jones/Back Then
• Mike Jones/Got it Sewed Up
• Nas/Hate Me Now
• Paul Wall/Sittin' Sidewayz
• Paul Wall/Trill
• Redman/Rush Da Security
• Redman/Let's Go
• Sean Paul/Head in the Zone
• Sean Paul/All Out
• T.I./What You Know
• T.I./Top Back
• The Game/One Blood
• The Game/Scream on 'Em
• Young Jeezy/I Do This
• Young Jeezy/Soul Survivor
• Young Joc/It's Going Down

Confirmed Locations

• Club
• Atlanta Neighborhood
• Rooftop
• Gas Station
• 106 & Park
• Office/Library
• Player's Office
• Chinese Resturant
• Strip Club

XBOX Live Marketplace Demo

According to Gamespot, the official Def Jam: Icon demo was to be released Febuaury 1st. The single-player demo features T.I. and Big Boi as playable fighters with their songs "Top Back" and "Kryptonite", respectively, and the Gas Station level. The demo, however, has been delayed by EA in order to make a worldwide release of the demo. The current release date for the demo is unknown at this time.

External links

• Offical Trailer
• Game Info
• Redman vs The Game (Atlanta neighborhood) and T.I Vs Big Boi (Rooftop)
• Redman vs The Game (Rooftop)
• The Game Start Screen
• One image of Loading Screen
• Video showing most of the confirmed fighters and revealing Tego Calderon and Mike Jones (at around 6:00-11:33). Episode 35
• Official Website