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Would YOU date a game character? (Feature)

Jul 10, 2009

Everyone is looking for love. Whether you're beautiful, ugly, fat, skinny, bald or hairy like Robin Williams; we're all tied together by an insatiable need to find a mutual soul mate... and to get the sexy time. Game characters are no different. So we've stepped in to help them out. Below, we've made four created characters and then shoved them head first into the online dating scene. We signed each one up to a different site and within ...

Games that looked good on paper (Feature)

Feb 27, 2009

In all honesty, some games would be better off left on the whiteboard at the design meeting. Whether they're too ambitious, too expensive or simply too good to be true, we're frequently led to imagine great things only to have our expectations dashed when the game finally arrives. How could these games be so good on paper yet underwhelm so spectacularly? Let's take a look... ...

SuperiorVersion Rumor: Def Jam Icon 2 Coming Soon? (News)

Aug 20, 2008

SuperiorVersion.com has the scoop on a possible follow up to Def Jam Icon, with an exclusive images, of the title screen and In Game! Exclusive videos have also been added!

Top 7... Death Rattle Games (Feature)

Mar 10, 2008

We'd like to think that every developer sets out to make the perfect game. But as budgets swell, stockholders throw tantrums, and release dates draw near, there's a whole myriad of snafus can explode in the face of well meaning folks. Plenty of games spit in the eye of gamers’ expectations and miscarry at retailers every year - that’s not special. These games are the great white whales that tanked so hard they dragged entire companies down with them. ...

Want to F.A.C.E. Up an Icon? (News)

Apr 16, 2007

A site has been put together that shows you how to make various artists not included in Def Jam Icon.

This site was made for all you people who had some hopes that a rapper would be in the game, but he was not. So far there are rappers like: 2Pac, 50 Cent, A.I., Andre 3000, Chamillionaire, DJ Clue, Eminem, Joe Budden, Memphis Bleek, Snoop Dogg, U God, Young Dro, and a few more.

Free PlayStation 3 magazine launches (News)

Mar 23, 2007

Gamerzines, the site behind the free magazines for Xbox 360, PC games, PSP and DS, has launched its free PlayStation 3 magazine to co-incide with the UK launch of the console. As with other Gamerzines, the magazine is written by professional games journalists and offered for free in a digital format. All that is required is Adobe Reader 8 on a PC. The magazine is enhanced with videos and multimedia that play on the pages themselves.

Issue 1 is available for download immediately and covers every single European launch game, as well as lengthy preview feature highlighting their pick of the top 20 games still to come on the PS3 this year.

The magazine is to publish a new issue for free every month from launch, to match the other existing Gamerzines for other platforms.

Def Jam Icon - Girls of Def Jam - 03-12-07 (Video)

Mar 13, 2007

A photorealistic hip-hop fighter with complex stages and hazards that move with the music. When we say 'next-gen,' this is exactly the sort of thing we mean.

Def Jam Icon (Review)

Mar 6, 2007

Using music as a weapon is nothing new. Westlife songs regularly cause us agonizing pain, while Radiohead makes us want to slit our wrists in despair. But never have we seen music used to such brilliant effect in a fighting game, and after the series' more typical entries on PS2, we really didnt expect the latest Def Jam title to be so amazingly inventive. When you select your character, you also choose a song to represent them and play over the top of fights. Environments now contain plenty ...

EA releases soundtracks on iTunes (News)

Mar 1, 2007

EA has started releasing music from its past and present videogames to the iTunes Store. Available for purchase via EA Trax, tracks from such titles as Def Jam Icon, SSX 3, Need for Speed Underground 2 and Burnout: Dominator have been unleashed - including a version of The Doors' "Riders on the Storm" that Snoop Dogg remixed exclusively for Need for Speed Underground 2. Get your gats ...

Def Jam: Icon - Penthouse 02-21-07 (Video)

Feb 21, 2007

A photorealistic hip-hop fighter with complex stages and hazards that move with the music. When we say 'next-gen,' this is exactly the sort of thing we mean.

Def Jam: Icon roster revealed (News)

Feb 12, 2007

Weve beaten and bloodied Big Boi and T.I. dozens of times since the release of the Def Jam: Icon demo last week, but until today weve known little about the rest of the roster outside of what could be gathered from trailers and screenshots. Well, we can finally rest easy knowing well be able to beat Lil Jon within an inch of his life in just a few weeks. Oh, and well teach Anthony Anderson a thing or two for ruining the limitless potential of My Babys Daddy. The full list of urban culture ...

Def Jam Icon - hands-on (Preview)

Feb 12, 2007

Def Jam is one of those rare breeds - a series of fighters that always seems to try something a little bit different. EA have always got that feeling of bone-crunching contact with your opponent spot on, with sound effects and animation that make you screw your eyes up every time your face gets smashed in. The same is true here, only things have been beefed up a great deal this time around, while still keeping the same tongue-in-cheek silliness and over the top, bling-fueled violence thats ...

Def Jam: Icon demo ain't what's hot on the streets, playa (News)

Feb 9, 2007

From Joystiq.com : -- "Beyond the aesthetically pleasing environments is little more than a clunky, stand-up fighter that makes War Gods look like Virtua Fighter. Harking back to the early days of the 3D fighter, Icon is like watching two well-fed hobos fighting over some booze and then something explodes. Even the fighters themselves can't keep pace with the hectic, ever changing world around them. With such a lack of moves to perform, it's not like there's anything to hold them back. Like the era of fighting games it resonates, Icon is something we'd rather forget."

Def Jam: Icon (Screenshots)

Feb 9, 2007

Def Jam: Icon - Club venue 02-08-07 (Video)

Feb 8, 2007

A photorealistic hip-hop fighter with complex stages and hazards that move with the music. When we say 'next-gen,' this is exactly the sort of thing we mean.

PS3 UK/EU Launch CONFIRMED - 23 March 2007 (News)

Jan 25, 2007

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe today announced that PLAYSTATION®3 will be launched in the PAL territories including the United Kingdom on 23rd March 2007 at a price of £425.

See (and hear) Def Jam: Icon in action (News)

Jan 23, 2007

Originally posted on January 23, 2007 To understand why we're so excited about Def Jam: Icon, the third entry in the hip hop fighting franchise, you really need to see it in motion. Everything in the game, from the background scenery to the environmental hazards to the flying fists and feet of the brawlers themselves, moves to the rhythm of the soundtrack. Read our preview for a taste of what it's like to control, but know that silent words and still images just don't do the action ...

Def Jam: Icon - hands-on (Preview)

Jan 18, 2007

The very first thing we noticed about Def Jam: Icon was the sky. In a game full of celebrities beating the crap out of each other, that might seem like an odd thing to focus on. But you don't understand... this sky was dancing, its sun-streaked clouds literally sliding back and forth on the horizon. In fact, everything around us was moving to the soundtrack's beat. Normal stuff like buildings and spotlights... dangerous stuff like shooting flames and surging electricity. Most importantly, the ...

DEF JAM: ICON drops new shots (News)

Oct 26, 2006

This new batch of shots from DEF JAM: ICON, the PS3 episode in the hip-hop flavored brawler series, shows off a brand new location for the beat-driven fight scenes: a floodlit rooftop complete with swooping helicopter and illuminated city skyline. There're also more images from the garage level we've already seen, with raging flames and sliced cars to entice your ...

EA has more than 30 Games in Development for PlayStation 3 (News)

Oct 19, 2006

Electronic Arts today announced more than 30 games in development for the PLAYSTATION 3. When the system launches in November, EA will deliver some of the world's most popular game franchises including Madden NFL 07, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 07 and Need for Speed Carbon. EA will release eight to ten games on the PLAYSTATION 3 by late March including EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 3 and Def Jam: ICON.

DEF JAM: ICON shots drop (News)

Oct 19, 2006

Def Jam 3 - also previously referred to as EA Chicago Hip-Hop Project - has been officially unveiled as DEF JAM: ICON, the next-gen leap for the hip-hop fighting series. This first batch of screens gives you a proper face-to-face with what we reckon could be one of the best games of next year, with photorealistic rappers throwing down in hazard-filled stages that deform and move with the music. Hit the Images tab above for a better ...

An iconic can o' whoopass (Preview)

Oct 19, 2006

One of the biggest madmen in gaming is EA's Kudo Tsunoda (who most recently brought us Fight Night Round 3), and we just had the opportunity to witness the latest Tsunoda whirlwind when he stopped by to show off DEF JAM: ICON. Kudo's enthusiasm over the game can't be contained, and after seeing the game in action, we don't blame him one bit. This beat-based brawler adds some fresh new nuances to the tired fighting game ...

Def Jam 3 (Preview)

Aug 31, 2006

Thursday 31 August 2006 It's Def Jam, gamers, but not as you know it. The hip-hop obsessed chaps at EA Chicago are hard at work on a PS3 and 360 sequel to the none-more-urban beat-'em-up that starred Snoop Dogg, Method Man and Carmen Electra. And, from what we've seen so far, Def Jam 3, or the so-called EA Chicago Hip-Hop Project (catchy, eh?), is going to be big news. Kudo Tsunoda, the wild-eyed and zealous head of EA Chicago, tells us he wants to "reinvent fighting games". We already know ...

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Apr 2, 2007

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Mar 9, 2007

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