Video games, be it on xbox 360, PS3, PSP or Wii, have taken over the world. Even rappers like 50 Cent, Wu-Tang and the Def Jam roster have their own games. When they don't get their own games, they still contribute to the soundtracks (as so many hip hop artists do for NBA and NFL 2K games). HipHopDX keeps video games and hip hop united in our ever growing lifestyle section.

NBA Street Homecourt March 14th, 2007 - Anthony Kennedy | Xbox 360, PS3 | Comments: 10

EA’s NBA Street series has definitely filled the void of fast paced arcady gameplay gamers have been feenin’ for since NBA Jam. While streetball offerings And1 and NBA Ballers significantly under whelmed last years, blacktop fan can relax as the O.G.'s of sports gaming make an admirable showing hood balln’. Never underestimate the appeal of playing a pick-up game for respect, Homecourt gives a sense of urgency to games that the NBA’s 82-game season and seven-game playoff series can’t touch. You get travel to some famous playground from real NBA players hometown, taking on all comers with the goal to earn respect and hopefully achieve legend status

Virtua Fighter 5 March 5th, 2007 - Anthony Kennedy | Xbox 360 | Comments: 8

When it comes to fighting games, old skool gamers reminisce fondly on Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter, while newbies swear fighting games didn’t exist before Tekken and Dead or Alive. But gaming aficionados realize that it was the Virtua Fighter series that successfully bridged the gap between 2D animated fighting to the immersive 3-D worlds presented on the Xbox’s and Playstations. Maintaining the franchise’s high quality graphics and gameplay, the fifth release returns with the entire cast of VF4. Sega, never stagnant, brought along two new characters including, El Blaze, a Mexican wrestler who looks like the WWE’s Rey Mysterio and a new female fighter Eileen. The gameplay in