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50 Cent Video Game Exclusive: 'Blood On The Sand' Details, First Images Revealed

kobegill · 2008-03-26 12:34:15

Three years ago, 50 Cent was 'Bulletproof.' Now he's leaving 'Blood on the Sand.' The hop-hop star is getting a new video game this year, one that takes him to new platforms, a new game developer and a whole new role. And for anyone who wasn't satisfied with 2005's multimillion-selling 'Bulletproof,' the game's producer hears you. This one is going to be better. (See for yourself in these exclusive photos of the game.) 'Once we get the game out there ... I think people will realize right away where our focus for the sequel is,' Vivendi Games producer Aaron Blean told MTV News. 'We've emphasized the gameplay quality [more] than anything this time around. We can't wait to show the game around.' So what's this 'Blood on the Sand' stuff? Why is 50 wearing desert camo? The developers won't say what 50 is doing in this game or where it takes place just yet. Blean will only explain that this 'sequel' isn't really a sequel. It doesn't pick up the story of 'Bulletproof,' which depicted a violent adventure imagining a 50 Cent who had never gone into music. 'Blood on the Sand' is something more exotic, more Hollywood blockbuster. This game sets 50's character against a cabal of international gangsters on a far-flung, bullet-riddled adventure. 'I would say it's inspired by 'Three Kings' meets 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,' ' Blean said. 'It's definitely a crime story.' The developer credited 50 with pushing the game creators to consider novel locations and said the MC played a big part in crafting the game's still-secret story. Earlier this year, MTV News heard rumors of a so-called 'Gears of 50' game in development, a reference to the Xbox 360 hit 'Gears of War' from Epic Games. Epic's title was one of the best-selling and best-reviewed games of the last few years - not a bad title to be compared to. And it turns out the comparisons are apt: 50's new game, like 'Gears of War,' will run on the Unreal Engine 3 graphics technology and will persistently feature a main character, 50, and a second character who will be controlled either by the computer or by a friend logging in online. Blean listed some gameplay ideas that will set 'Blood on the Sand' and 'Gears of War' apart. He said a scoring mode, which was an unlockable bonus in 'Bulletproof,' will now be a main component of the game. He described it as an arcade-****angle. Also, the second player's character can be, at last count, one of three members of the G-Unit: Tony Yayo, Whoo Kid or Lloyd Banks, each specializing in different combat techniques. The co-op will allow for drop-in/drop-out play with a friend, à la 'Lego Star Wars.' The second player just can't play as 50 Cent if player one is 50. There just can't be two of the man in one place. Also different from 'Gears of War': 50 Cent won't be shooting aliens. 'When 50 was onsite at Vivendi with Tony Yayo, one of the things they challenged us to do was introduce new elements of gameplay in the game,' Blean said. 'Instead of having them always running and gunning, they wanted something that would break the pace of that.' So 'Blood on the Sand' will include vehicle missions such as a driver-and-turret-gunner Humvee road chase and a helicopter-borne shootout, in which 50 and his ally 'rain death from above' onto enemies in a city. The first 50 Cent video game wasn't just a game; it was something of a 50 Cent box set, stocked with music and videos by 50 and G-Unit. 'Blood on the Sand' is set to feature more exclusive music than the first. '50 is going to create exclusive tracks for the game that you can only listen to in the game,' Blean said, describing the game as the 'ultimate 50 Cent experience.' And he teased that more high-profile hip-hop talent may get involved too. The development team for this game is the England-based Swordfish Studios, who got the gig on the merits of a shooter game called 'Cold Winter,' Blean said. What differences will 'Bulletproof' players notice when they first try 'Blood on the Sand?' 'The first thing people are going to notice right out the gate is - not only the visuals and how incredible the environments and the game models look - I would also say the controls and the AI will be much, much better than the first game.' And any Vitamin Water cameos, for moments when virtual-50 needs a health boost? 'There will definitely be some 50 brand integration in the game,' Blean laughed. 'I'll leave it at that.' '50 Cent: Blood on the Sand' is slated for the Xbox 360 and PS3 this fall.

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#51 Foolz3h

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[QUOTE="elpooz"][QUOTE="Foolz3h"][QUOTE="elpooz"][QUOTE="Foolz3h"][QUOTE="elpooz"]
Im not really trying to make sense anymore :P
Snake = MC. Happy?
Samus still owns both...
Giangio

Samus isn't even a person!

She's a robot. You just like her cause she's hot, but you can't have sex with a robot.

Lmao. :lol:. You obviously have not played a metroid game. Samus is a person, smart guy. She wears a suit to protect herself and highten her vision (thermally and such). You fail when it comes to video games...

She's a pretty crappy person then ain't she?

Needing all that armour, what a little wuss.

Master chief just walks around naked and shoots people with his penis.

:lol:

wtf isn't what master chief is in called ARMOUR?!? :| Dude is straight wack. He's like 10ft tall, and the only ***** he's after is a hologram. Snake hits on all of the ladies in MGS like a true pimp. Master Chief is a simp.

Actually it's generally the women hitting on Snake.

And Master Chief doesn't let androganous homos like Raven into his games, or in the case of MGS gaymes.

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#52 elpooz

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^Word:lol:
And Snake owns the HELL out of Master Chief. Its not even a fair comparison.
Black-Demon

Thank you...

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#53 Giangio

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[QUOTE="Giangio"][QUOTE="elpooz"][QUOTE="Foolz3h"][QUOTE="elpooz"][QUOTE="Foolz3h"][QUOTE="elpooz"]
Im not really trying to make sense anymore :P
Snake = MC. Happy?
Samus still owns both...
Foolz3h

Samus isn't even a person!

She's a robot. You just like her cause she's hot, but you can't have sex with a robot.

Lmao. :lol:. You obviously have not played a metroid game. Samus is a person, smart guy. She wears a suit to protect herself and highten her vision (thermally and such). You fail when it comes to video games...

She's a pretty crappy person then ain't she?

Needing all that armour, what a little wuss.

Master chief just walks around naked and shoots people with his penis.

:lol:

wtf isn't what master chief is in called ARMOUR?!? :| Dude is straight wack. He's like 10ft tall, and the only ***** he's after is a hologram. Snake hits on all of the ladies in MGS like a true pimp. Master Chief is a simp.

Actually it's generally the women hitting on Snake.

And Master Chief doesn't let androganous homos like Raven into his games, or in the case of MGS gaymes.

Vulcan Raven was a huge native american with a gatling gun... wtf you talkin bout willis? I'm going to assume you meant Raiden. BTW, have you seen how Raiden is in MGS4? Dude is a cyborg ninja with blades on his feet.

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#54 kobegill

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[QUOTE="kobegill"][QUOTE="gohantech00"][QUOTE="Foolz3h"]
[QUOTE="gohantech00"]Graphics looks nice, but if it follows in the footsteps of Bulletproof, I'm staying away from it. Bulletproof was terrible.Foolz3h

GOTY dunny.

What a SICK concept!

GTA4 and MGS4 ain't got ish on this game, eh? :P

Damn right. MGS4, I am waiting for...

So you'd rather play as some close to death old man with lung cancer than ya boy 50 Cent?

Yeah why not? MGS series is what actually got me into video games. Best game series. You got to be crazy to think otherwise.

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