A little less than a year after the game was officially revealed, Def Jam Rapstar finally has a distributor and a release window. Konami revealed that it will be bringing the Rakimulator to junior MCs on Wii, 360 and PS3 this fall. We only know a handful of the game's 40+ songs, but we've listed what we know right after the break.
A tip for the future rappers this game inspires: When trying to appear "hard" amongst your colleagues and the subject of paying dues arises, admitting that you got your start "on the streets of Def Jam Rapstar" probably isn't going to win you any brownie points. And if there's one thing that holds sway in the rap industry, it's brownie points.
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It's been a while since we last heard from 4mm Games, Def Jam Interactive and Terminal Reality's hip hop project Def Jam Rapstar, but there's good news from the camp today. Konami has picked up the title for a fall release. More »
“The Def Jam series is shedding the fighting aspect with its newest game. Titled Def Jam Rapstar, players will choose a hip-hop track to sing and try to get the best score.”
“The game will use either the Xbox Live Vision Camera or the PlayStation Eye, depending on the system your playing on, to put [...]