That didn’t stop Def Jam from putting out this game. Yet most of the roster didn’t reflect that shift in the industry. Oddly, this game dropped at a time when Def Jam still had its foot firmly in the music industry while hip-hop was seeing more and more Southern and Mid-West artist land hits and move units. Of the two, Def Jam Vendetta is obviously the better known.

Def Jam Vendettaīoth of these games dropped in 2003 with Def Jam Vendetta being on PlayStation 2 and GameCube while Ultimate Muscle was on GameCube. Let’s look at two of those games-out of two franchises-in the form of the Def Jam duology. Just like 2K continuing to making football games with the Arena Football series, AKI Corporation had an engine that was in demand and managed to find games to ply its craft. However, AKI Corporation-now Syn Sophia-wasn’t out of the game just yet. Yuke’s handled the heavy lifting of developing wrestling games for THQ and WWE and the company did some great work for most of its run. After WWF No Mercy 64, AKI pretty much disappeared for a period.

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