is murdered by the hands of Crow, leaving D-Mob to step in and use you as his number one fighter. Manny takes you to O.G., your 'mentor', who instructs you in how to fight to gain control of (take over) the five boroughs of New York City. However, instead of D-Mob being freed from police custody, like in Fight for NY, it is tattoo artist Manny who is saved from corrupt police officers. You still play a nameless up-and-coming gangsta brought into the world of underground street fighting after rescuing one of the game's personalities from trouble with the police. However, the game uses many of the same situations and characters from Fight for NY, which is the third game in the series, chronologically. The game's story is a prequel to the events of Def Jam Vendetta.

5.6 Dragon House Fighters (Non-Joinable).

4 Changed features from the original Fight for NY.

We'll (obviously) keep you updated with more, soon. And though we won't reveal all the combatants scheduled for the lineup (you have to have some surprises don't you?), we will cover at least 60 of them - with new movies, screenshots, and info for each.

Known simply as 'The Faces of Def Jam', the daily article will span for 12 weeks and profile a different Def Jam superstar each and every day as we count down to the game's release. Because in addition to the new hi-res screenshots and new trailer we've included on the media page below, we've also secured an agreement with Electronic Arts that will see it team up with IGN to produce an exclusive ongoing feature beginning next Monday.

We do have some good news that should help ease the pain, however. 'We're continuing to focus on delivering an enormous fighting game that delivers more than three times the length and depth of the original.' EA also confirmed that the removal is an across the board prohibition for both the Xbox and PlayStation 2 versions with no support of any kind for downloadable goodies, Xbox Live awareness, or score rankings. 'Unfortunately, due to time constraints, Def Jam: Fight for NY will no longer support online play,' said Josh Holmes, Producer for EA.

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