While the likelihood of a remaster or re-release is pretty high, it’s also entirely possible that Def Jam will partner up with EA or another publisher to bring forth a wholly new game with a new - or at least updated - roster. Once our twitter hits 1M, we have a special announcement for y’all ! 🎮ĮA has made it abundantly clear that they’re interested in and working on a number of remasters of their legacy content, as well as bringing a lot of it to platforms they’ve previously left bare, like Steam and Nintendo Switch. Considering they were sitting at around 980,000 followers when they posted it, and then a few hours later they were only six thousand followers away, we’re sure to see a big announcement from them soon. The next day, they followed up on their Tweet, saying, “Once our twitter hits 1M, we have a special announcement for y’all!” with a game controller at the end, implying that they had an announcement related to their fan-favorite franchise. The Def Jam games were surprise successes for EA in the early 2000s, and Ice-T would like to see the series return during the next console. Monday night, the official Def Jam Records Twitter account posted a screenshot of the Def Jam: Fight For NY character select screen with the caption, “The streets saying we need a new Def Jam game.” Ice-T Wants New Def Jam Game on PS5 and Xbox Series X.

It seems like Def Jam Recordings - or at least the person behind their Twitter account - agrees. It’s been 13 years since the last true Def Jam game.

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