Editing Def Jam Vendetta (section)

{{short description|2003 video game}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Def Jam Vendetta
| image = Def Jam Vendetta - Front Cover - NTSC - Gamecube.jpg
| caption = 
| developer = [[Syn Sophia|AKI Corporation]]<br />[[EA Canada]]
| publisher = [[EA Sports BIG]] <br />{{vgrelease|JP|[[EA Games]]}}
| director = Hideyuki Iwashita
| producer = [[Josh Holmes (video game designer)|Josh Holmes]]
| designer = 
| programmer = 
| artist = 
| writer = Mark Sawers
| composer = 
| series = 
| platforms = [[GameCube]], [[PlayStation 2]]
| released = '''PlayStation 2'''<br />{{vgrelease|NA|April 1, 2003<ref name="release">{{Cite web |author=I. G. N. Staff |date=2003-04-01 |title=Def Jam Ships |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/04/01/def-jam-ships |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=IGN |language=en |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404214205/https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/04/01/def-jam-ships |url-status=live }}</ref>|PAL|May 23, 2003}}{{vgrelease|JP|August 21, 2003}}'''GameCube'''<br />{{vgrelease|NA|April 1, 2003<ref name="release"/>|PAL|May 23, 2003|AU|June 16, 2003<ref>{{Cite web |title=GameCube Australian Release Dates - News |url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/8777/gamecube-australian-release-dates |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=Nintendo World Report |archive-date=March 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306160304/http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/8777/gamecube-australian-release-dates |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| genre = [[Sports game|Sports]], [[Fighting game|fighting]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
}}

'''''Def Jam Vendetta''''' is a 3D [[professional wrestling]] [[fighting]] video game developed by [[AKI Corporation]] and [[EA Canada]] and published by [[Electronic Arts]] under the [[EA Sports BIG]] label.  It was released for the [[GameCube]] and [[PlayStation 2]] in April 2003. The game is the first main installment in EA's ''[[Def Jam]]''-licensed hip-hop video game series. It was the publisher's first attempt at a wrestling video game since ''[[WCW Backstage Assault]]''. Several Def Jam hip-hop artists were featured in ''Def Jam Vendetta'', including [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]], [[Method Man]], [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]], [[Ludacris]], [[N.O.R.E.]],  [[Capone (rapper)|Capone]], [[Scarface (rapper)|Scarface]], [[Ghostface Killah]], [[Keith Murray (rapper)|Keith Murray]], [[WC (rapper)|WC]], [[Joe Budden]] and [[Funkmaster Flex|DJ Funkmaster Flex]]. [[Christina Milian]] was featured in the game as "Angel". ''Def Jam Vendetta'' was followed up by a direct sequel in 2004, titled ''[[Def Jam: Fight for NY]]''.