X360A writes: "On Wednesday we brought you part one of our two part chat with 4mm founder, Jamie King, where we focused on Jamie's esteemed career looking back at the 12 years he spent at Rockstar, while they were at the height of their surge to the top.
Whilst also looking at the formation of 4mm in part one, today we turn our attention over to 4mm's debut game, Def Jam Rapstar, which is due to rap battle its way into homes in the coming weeks - depending on where you're situated."
Rockstar co-founder Jamie King reflects on the making of this iconic game, while industry professionals discuss its influence.
GameDynamo - "Looks like Konami and Autumn Games are due in court. City National Bank claims that the two companies defrauded the bank of funds totaling $14 million dollars related to the development of Def Jam Rapstar. According to City National, the two companies lied to the bank to secure Autumn a line of credit, claiming that revenue from sales for the karaoke title would cover the loans."
they also lied to us about Silent Hill HD Collection being everything like the originals. Shit, I take them to court too.
That game did not sell at all. Ouch...I still have 18 copies sitting around at work.
I wish they would've made a new Def Jam fighting game like Fight For New York. Now that would've sold! That's what happens when you try to follow trends.
With this gen since online is so big. WHy dont they being back games like Def jam FFNY on PSn or xbox live with online play that would be amazing. I would love to play all my old ps2 games games online like nfl 2k5,fight night,twisted metal black,ssx,granturismo3 etc.
Eurogamer:
The developers responsible for 2010 music title Def Jam Rapstar are being sued by record label EMI for allegedly failing to clear the rights to tracks featured in the game.
hahahaha that's rich you would think all that stuff would be taken care of um I don't know before it launched lol
Contracts with music companies can be very detailed & difficult. Depending on the songs used, the music label may have rights to the song, but don't issue royalties to that artist anymore. & to deepen the situation, that artist can then request $, for the usage of the song. Not to mention the multiple artists that may be involved. Things like that would cost the music label $.
"& they don't want that,-Nooooo!"
(Jay-Z_Takeover)
But it could just be a case of "no, you can't use that song".
However;
Damn! 54 tracks? I thought maybe a handful or so.
That's heist.
