The fighting styles are Streetfighting, Kickboxing, Martial Arts, Wrestling and Submissions.Īdditionally, Def Jam Fight for NY emphasizes the use of the game's various environments and the surrounding crowd to cause damage. Fighters can choose one, two, or three of five fighting styles.

The gameplay is expanded from the original game, which was primarily a wrestling game. The game was spun off into a 2006 PlayStation Portable game called Def Jam Fight for NY: The Takeover. The only artists from the original game that did not appear in the sequel were DMX, Keith Murray, Christina Milian and Funkmaster Flex. The game features several rappers, including Lil' Kim, Snoop Dogg, Method Man, Redman, Fat Joe, Mobb Deep, Ice-T, Xzibit, N.O.R.E, Ludacris, Crazy Legs and Busta Rhymes, Flavor Flav, Sean Paul as well as the voices and likeness of other celebrities, such as Henry Rollins, Christopher Judge, Bubba Sparxxx and Kimora Lee Simmons. It is a sequel to Def Jam Vendetta and is followed by Def Jam: Icon.

It was released on Septemfor PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube. Def Jam: Fight for NY is a hip hop-influenced action video game published by EA Games (unlike the original, which was published under the EA Sports BIG brand).

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