Video Games

'DJ Hero 2' is expanding its soundtrack adding three new mix packs to the game. Activision, the company behind the interactive video game, announced Tuesday that the three new mixes include tracks from the Beastie Boys, and electronic dance music stars The Prodigy, as well as Linkin Park and the Pixies...

Soulja Boy's swag? There's an app for that. The 'Speakers Going Hammer' rapper, who recently released his new album 'The DeAndre Way,' has just launched his 'SouljaWorld' iPhone application, a location-based program allowing fans to interact through a social network connected by Soulja Boy content...

When Ubisoft announced the development of a new Michael Jackson video game this past June, the news was met with both excitement from longtime fans of the late King of Pop and skepticism from observers who saw the move as yet another deal to capitalize on the death of music's highest selling act...

This morning, Def Jam Interactive and Cash Money Records announced a partnership that will gift a free copy of Lil Wayne's new EP, 'I Am Not a Human Being,' to anyone that purchases the brand-new Def Jam 'Rapstar' video game at Best Buy. The offer is good between October 12 and October 19 from participating Best Buy stores, and if you're a fan of video games and Weezy, it seems like a no-brainer..

If you were a hip-hop head and gamer in the 1990s, there's little doubt that you spent hours at arcades and in your friends' living rooms playing the basketball classic 'NBA Jam.' In the original version, good play was rewarded with a plethora of ridiculous secret characters and one of the biggest perks was eventually getting to play as the Hall of Fame-bound Beastie Boys...

Gamers are getting ready to dive into Def Jam's new 'Rapstar,' which will now be released in the U.S. on October 5. In addition to recent ads for the hip-hop karaoke game that feature incarcerated rapper Lil Wayne, developers have announced a final tracklist that adds another series of exclusive beats from some of today's top producers...

Drake will be one of the many rappers included on the soundtrack to accompany 2K Sport's upcoming release, 'NBA 2K11,' but the Young Money rapper has also been given the chance to play in the game. According to Drake's fan site AllThingsFresh...

With just over a month left to complete in his Rikers Island jail sentence, Lil Wayne's career is already back in full throttle. In addition to celebrating his September 27, birthday with the release of his album 'I Am Not a Human Being,' Weezy also appears in a new national ad campaign for the upcoming 'Def Jam Rapstar' video game...

In one of the odder news items of the day, Michael Jackson's estate announced a brand new licensing deal with a Los Angeles virtual reality company to design and create a new online world based around the storied pop star's life. Entitled 'Planet Michael,' SEE Virtual Worlds are developing the alternate reality as an add-on for the Entropia Universe -- a multiplayer online game that carries nearly

EA Sports is known for fusing hip-hop artists to their video game soundtracks, and with the release of their 'NBA Elite 11,' they will follow the same formula. The company announced Monday that producer 9th Wonder has created the entire soundtrack for the game, while Roc Nation emcee J...