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Def Jam Fight for NY: The Takeover

Also known as: Def Jam Fight For NY The Takeover [UK]

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In spite of the long load times and dumb-ass dialogue, this is one of the deepest, slickest, most balls-out violent handheld fighters ever made.

Genre: Fighting
Release date: Aug 29, 2006
Published by: Electronic Arts
Developed by: EA Canada, Aki Corporation

Franchise: Def Jam
Features: PSP ad hoc wireless
Multiplayer Modes:

Offline

2 player VS

8 GREAT
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Hip-hop icons show off their moves

[PSP] Carmen Electra, Sean Paul and Snoop get rough in new videos

Jul 14, 2006

Def Jam gets animated

[PSP] Hip-hop-themed fighter shows off its moves in new videos

Jul 10, 2006

Fistful of new Def Jam screens

Redman, Snoop Dogg get their fight on in The Takeover on PSP

May 30, 2006

Def Jam screenshot combo

EA's hip-hop street fighter unleashes a flurry of new images

May 2, 2006

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Review

A record label's worth of hip-hop artists turn out for a no-holds-barred beatdown

Aug 29, 2006

First, the bad news: if you're looking for the same immersive plot that helped make rapper-filled smackfest Def Jam: Fight for NY compelling, you won't find it in Def Jam Fight for NY: The Takeover. Not only is The Takeover a side story (or maybe a prequel - it's unclear) to Fight for NY, but the narrative unfolds exclusively through text messages and old-style static cutscenes. And it doesn't really go anywhere interesting until near the end. So forget the story. The story is stupid, ...

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