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Def Jam: Icon

Infusing hip-hop music, culture and lifestyle into the gameplay, EA Chicago and Def Jam Interactive push the boundaries of game development bringing unique and innovative content to the next generation of…

68 6 March 2007

Def Jam: Icon is a fighting developed by Def Jam, released 6 March 2007 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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What Def Jam: Icon is

Def Jam: Icon is a fighting game developed by Def Jam and released in 2007. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Def Jam: Icon is a 3D fighting video game developed by EA Chicago and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in March 2007. The game is the third main installment in EA's Def Jam-licensed hip-hop video game series, and the first game in the series to not be developed by AKI Corporation. Unlike its predecessors, Def Jam Vendetta and Def Jam: Fight for NY, the game's soundtrack is completely changeable.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Def Jam: Icon holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 39% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 4 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Def Jam: Icon launched on 6 March 2007, within three weeks of God of War II, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, Professor Layton and the Curious Village and Peggle. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: God of War II, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Peggle.

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When did Def Jam: Icon come out?
Def Jam: Icon was released on 6 March 2007 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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