10 REAL Reasons Your Favourite Video Games Never Came Back

10. Def Jam: Fight For New York - Pop A Cease And Desist In Yo' Ass

Def Jam: Fight for New York will, for me, always hold title of "Fighting Game You Least Expected to Be Amazing". Who'd have thought beating Busta Rhymes into a pulp with Henry Rollins or throwing Snoop Dogg out of a windizzle (that's a window to you or I) would be so much fun.

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So why haven't we had a snifter of remaster or remake? We had Icon, but that didn't cut it.

Well, rappers and hippity hop artists are forever swapping contracts, igniting feuds and trashing each other in their songs. As a result, many of the artists in the game are no longer on the Def Jam label, which meant re-releasing the game would be a logistical nightmare.

For you see, artists have realised it's less mess and potential jail time to sue someone than it is to shoot them. I don't think EA want to run the risk of being sued by artists that have run out of money, nor reprogram an entirely new version of the game with different artists.

And let's not even talk about song rights...

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