No seriously: MTV drops first info on 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand

by Nick Chester on 03.26.2008

No seriously: MTV drops first info on 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand video game

Last night when I posted information about another 50 Cent videogame being in the works, you guys were all like "Shut up, really?" and "No, please God ... no!" Fair enough, but nothing can stop the impending release of Vivdendi Games' upcoming 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand. Nothing.

MTV News has beat Electronic Gaming Monthly to the punch and has revealed the first information on the upcoming Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game scheduled to hit this fall. Powered by the Unreal Engine 3 graphics tech, Blood on the Sand has a cooperative element not unlike Epic's Gears of War (one player will play as 50 Cent throughout). The game will have drop-in/drop-out play both online and off, and will feature original music by Mr. Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson III himself.

More info and screens of 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand can be found over at MTV News.com. Though if this game is as good as Michael Jackson's comeback single "Blood on the Dance Floor," then we're all in trouble.

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Wack says:
03/26/2008 15:57

HAHAHAHAHA: VIVENDI GAMES

tornotlukin says:
03/26/2008 16:01

this may be better then the wu-tang clan game

sleepingagain says:
03/26/2008 16:01

the destructoid review will end up being a 1/10 or a 0/10

and wtf is wrong with people

michiyoyoshiku says:
03/26/2008 16:06

actually I think it'll be a negative review score like -150/10

EternalDeathSlayer says:
03/26/2008 16:07

@ tornolukin: No fucking way it's better than the Wu-Tang Clan fighting game. That shit was da bomb! lol

It actually wasn't that bad, in all seriousness. It could have been awful, and it gets points for allowing 4 players with a multi-tap back then. My friends and I enjoyed it on occassion.

This 50 Cent game will most likely suck, the first one was your average generic shooter with some 50 Cent thrown in. You never know though. It could be OK. Might be good for a rental for some laughs. We'll see.

Doomtrain says:
03/26/2008 16:10

There are no words.

Well, there are a few, but very few.

Dexter345 says:
03/26/2008 16:11

Bad as it (apparently) was, there's no arguing that the first game actually sold. I'm not at all surprised that they're making another.

Aerox says:
03/26/2008 16:12

Blood on the Sand? Is the whole game taking place on the beach this time?

Jetsetlemming says:
03/26/2008 16:13

Nuclear war or super flu.

Where is the Vivendi studios located?
>_>
<_<

tornotlukin says:
03/26/2008 16:14

@ EternalDeathSlayer: I hear that Wu-tang Clan aint nothin to fuck wit. As for 50 cent, yeah, it can really be a skinjob on the unreal engine. Which it seems lots of games in this genre games are like. This is like a marketing game for G-Unit or something. 50 cent: Blood on the Yaris

TheStripe says:
03/26/2008 16:14

I have a couple words: Massive Fail.

big filth says:
03/26/2008 16:14

wow. 50 is smart. although it seems lame, he knows people will buy it. Maybe not us, but all the 16 year 50 cent fanatic fans out there who wear G UNIT t shirts an recite his lyrics will be all over this like stink on a weasel.

(hopefully they will be playing THIS online and not be in our real games of R6V2 and COD for a while)

for that we ALL owe the makers of this game a sincere thank you!

Toneman says:
03/26/2008 16:18

Whoever it was that shot 50 cent in the jaw, should have aimed better.

EternalDeathSlayer says:
03/26/2008 16:22

Yeah, the first game sold over 1 million copies. That's a lot of copies for such a bad game. But this one might not sell so well. I know that personally, I do not listen to 50 Cent anymore. The last album he released was total shit and for once it's sales reflected it's quality, at least somewhat. Rap is on a serious decline right now. As a lifelong fan of hip-hop, I can safely say that the entire genre pretty much sucks ass right now, besides one or two gems every now and then. This game could fail at the register along with the critics.

TrailerParkJesus says:
03/26/2008 16:24

I remember when arcade games used to cost only 50 cents..

B-Radicate says:
03/26/2008 16:26

This is a sad day. A truly, epically, unimaginably, overtly sad day.

The worst part? It'll actually sell a single copy.

MrSadistic says:
03/26/2008 16:27

(insert ironic urban expression discussing my hate for this game)

bleep says:
03/26/2008 16:32

50 cent says: Yo you punk-ass bitches better shut the fuck up before I drop mad rhymes about having lots of money and shit...

and also "My game is gonna be the most dopeass game ever made and shit

Heretic says:
03/26/2008 16:33

(insert stereotypical ass shat americans who are gonna eat this shit up)

Redzie says:
03/26/2008 16:43

damn it, heretic beat me to it.

BluFire says:
03/26/2008 16:49

Fuck, I have to clean up the jizz all over my screen.

demonelite says:
03/26/2008 16:52

50 Cent Blood on the Sand, sounds like an epic game there.

-PL- says:
03/26/2008 16:55

don't be hatin', this game might be awesome

SourGr8pes says:
03/26/2008 16:57

That'd be great if Kanye made a game, for the sole purpose of outselling Fitty's game.

I could give a shit about either of those guys though. Wu Tang's where it's at.

Cheeburga says:
03/26/2008 16:58

Guess who bought the first one.
Black people.
Guess who are going to buy the second one?
Black people who can afford an xbox 360.

Why did they buy the 50 cent game.
Because the majority are not hardcore gamers, and so, they see a game with their boy 50 cent on it, regardless of quality, dat shit is gettin' played.

Basically, this is just a cashwh0re attempt.

END NECROS POST.
*this is not how I feel about black gamers.
maybe.*

Holyetheline says:
03/26/2008 16:58

g unit... haha... fags

brotherkirk says:
03/26/2008 16:59

I'll save my money for the T-Pain Vocorder/dating simulator, or the Timbaland wrestling game. Or, I'll just save my money.
I will give Blood on the Sand a rental ONLY if these things happen in the storyline:

-50 Cent has survived an apocalypse and leaves his homeworld behind to infiltrate an alien world (mostly located on a beach), where every grain of sand/drop of blood is rendered with completely realistic physics.

-Fiddy is a survivor of the Oceanic 815 crash and has to escape a deserted island using only his wits and his...grenades.

-Kanye West is the main antagonist.

Revolt in Colour says:
03/26/2008 17:00

What did 50 Cent say to his friend after being given a sweater for his birthday?

G, U Knit?

Comrade Snarky says:
03/26/2008 17:02

Powered by the Unreal Engine 3 graphics tech, Blood on the Sand has a cooperative element not unlike Epic's Gears of War...

If only the game featured 50 Cent & crew being (cooperatively) raped and eaten by Locust. Makes me wish I had Photoshop skills.

Grim says:
03/26/2008 17:28

I love buying shitty games for cheap and then laughing my ass off at not only the game itself, but all of the people who bought it at full price. Needless to say, Blood on the Sand is going to be a prime candidate.

Wexx says:
03/26/2008 17:38

Shit sucks.

Anus Mcphanus says:
03/26/2008 17:42

but he got shot 9 times!!!

Simmy says:
03/26/2008 18:09

No thanks, I'll pass on this game and pretty much every other "celebrity" endorsed game on the market

13thDragon says:
03/26/2008 18:20

It's a shame that this game will probably suck ass, but still sell an assload of copies.

Carac says:
03/26/2008 18:24

So 50 is going to the middle east to save us all from terrorism? G-Unit starting a PMC? Three Kings meets Lock, Stock, and Two smoking barrels?

If Dolemite is an unlockable character consider me sold.

vexed alex says:
03/26/2008 18:41

Ew.

Commercial rap FTL...

l0cke says:
03/26/2008 18:50

I think that this might be fun to rent or buy at super low prices.

Dr Milkdad says:
03/26/2008 19:23

LOL, Pelvis Punch!

Raf says:
03/26/2008 19:23

I'd rather shoot myself. 9 times.

Spykron says:
03/26/2008 19:31

......or die tryin'

TheDiamondSutra says:
03/26/2008 19:42

50 Cent: A New Nightmare.

DrNutt says:
03/26/2008 19:46

LoL at all the angry, alternative white people on THIS page...

Saying "rap sucks" is so 1998.

lowercaseluke says:
03/26/2008 19:48

@ Sleepingagain:

No way, the DToid review will be 6/10 or some shit, just to enrage the fanboys and get lots of hits.
Expect to see the words "actually not a bad game despite X".

Geesus says:
03/26/2008 19:49

G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-Geek-Unit!!

spas says:
03/26/2008 19:53

As a game developer making this game I would consider suicide or the alternative is making an indie game about sweat shop workers.

Polish Hill says:
03/26/2008 19:57

The funniest part is that even if it was good most of us would never go out and buy it. I'm not sure what to think of that.

BigPerm692123 says:
03/26/2008 20:04

I actually purchased the first game mostly for the huge catalog of music on it and because I hadn't moved on to metal yet but hey, we're all young and dumb sometime right? lol

Miguelcar808 says:
03/26/2008 20:09

BigPerm692123 says:
03/26/2008 20:15

I actually purchased the first game mostly for the huge catalog of music on it and because I hadn't moved on to metal yet but hey, we're all young and dumb sometime right? lol

Jetsetlemming says:
03/26/2008 20:33

@ DrNutt:

Not one person so far has said rap sucks.

So I'll take the honor. Rap fucking sucks, and it's almost entirely worthless emo materialistic non-poetry set to a backbeat. A Wiggles album would compared favorable in maturity to the average rap CD.

Timmeh says:
03/26/2008 20:47

I read the article, I see - "50 cent", "International terrorists". I think... lolomgwtfbbq.

Come on now, they surely aren't making a videogame starring someone who epitomises everything wrong with world tearing up some eastern land killing terrorists.

What's worse is that the first game made enough sales to generate interest in a sequel. People actually bought it! Maybe it was all the local game store had left in stock and they had to be back at the psychiatric ward soon.

I mean, a rapper liberating us from international terrorism. It'd be vaguely forgivable if he was only voicing the character but he would appear to be playing himself.

Timmeh says:
03/26/2008 20:54

On a side note, the content of 50 cent's songs appears to be "I'm rich, I got me some *insert brand name*, I got shot, I'm rich, got me some *insert another brand name*"

Before he was rich, did he just record 4 minutes of saying "I got shot 9 times" to a backing track?

TrailerParkJesus says:
03/26/2008 20:58

I wonder about the developers who are working on this game with no remorse, and how they don't realize how detrimental this game is to the industry

Eschatos says:
03/26/2008 21:03

Fuck 50 cent and fuck his retarded games.

corneliuscack says:
03/26/2008 21:14

this better come with kids bop 50 cent edition included.

DarkTetsuya says:
03/26/2008 21:45

@Toneman:

So I guess they trained on the first game?

But yeah, EPIC FAIL, and all that.

DrNutt says:
03/26/2008 22:19

Almost every single person commenting on this has entirely proved the point of what I was getting at in my first post, and that is that not a single one of you people has actually played the game, yet you're all making snap judgments based on how you feel about 50 Cent.

HURF DURF 50 CENT IS RETARDED SO THIS GAME HAS TO SUCK HURF DURF I'M A TWAT THAT GETS OUTRAGED ABOUT DUMB SHIT DURR

There, can I be part of the club?

Black Uroborus says:
03/26/2008 23:16

"I'M A TWAT THAT GETS OUTRAGED ABOUT DUMB SHIT"

Good job, DrNutt.

corneliuscack says:
03/26/2008 23:21

I'm surprised there aren't any gifs of gangstalicious in here yet.

Because the whole world needs some thuggin' love.

Druid_01 says:
03/26/2008 23:23

(un?)luckily for me i was able to play the first for free at work when we had it on display and i can assure you Dr.nut . . . it fucking sucked

Necros says:
03/26/2008 23:36

DO NOT WANT

HarassmentPanda says:
03/26/2008 23:58

Why? Really, why?

i8pp says:
03/27/2008 02:24

"Blood on the Sand" what kind of crappy name is that and Would Someone please think of the children!!!

microwavefood says:
03/27/2008 04:39

DrNutt you can join my PEN club. I'm member number 14 so that makes you PEN15! v(^O^)v <3 <3 heart heart Rufus the wombat.

Timmeh says:
03/27/2008 04:58

DrNutt:

If you think the premise of a rapper, playing himself as a character that goes around wasting international terrorists then there really is no help for you.

I hope this game goes for gritty realism and fiddy gets ventilated by the first 'insurgent' he sees.

Timmeh says:
03/27/2008 05:06

CreamyGoodness7 says:
03/27/2008 05:16

But I've heard Blood on the Sand has over 400 endings!

Acidbaby says:
03/27/2008 05:34

I'm downloading this
Go bankrupt 50!

Demtor says:
03/27/2008 07:32

I guess games reach just about every demographic these days, and why not I suppose. If they can make Wii fit for 70 year old grandmas, they can make gangsta games for 16 year old hoodies, wiggas with dreams and idiots who actually watch MTV and think thats how their lives should be. They are out there in big numbers, believe.

DrNutt says:
03/27/2008 09:46

@Timmeh and everyone else who seems to be personally butt hurt that a game starring 50 Cent is published: I am NOT a fan of 50 Cent, repeat, not a fan of 50 Cent. I simply feel that the first game was decently entertaining for what it was, and miles ahead of most celebrity endorsed crap out there. The fact that so many of you are jumping all over it simply because of 50 Cent's involvement makes no sense. The premise is kind of stupid, yes, but how is it any more stupid than say, "The Club?" (Which, for the record, plays pretty damn similarly to the first 50 Cent game, minus the camera issues).

I don't like rap or the "thug" lifestyle or anything anymore than anyone else on this site, but I'm not going to make retarded assumptions about a game that not a single person on here has yet to play, because who knows, maybe despite the content, it could be still be a reasonably fun game.

And seriously, though there are shooters with decent stories (like Bioshock or Call of Duty 4) does the premise even matter? Any other game just plops you down and says "OH NOES ALIENS/TERRORISTS/COPS!!1" and lets you get to the shooting. Most shooters on the market have shit stories, this one seems to be no different.

MisterMingo says:
03/27/2008 12:53

DRNUTT, UR A SILLY MAN LOL

U JUST LIKE KILLING HONKIES, M I RITE? LOL.

Seriously, judging from Gamerankings.com the first game sucks shit through a garden hose. Why people defend awful games is beyond me...

DrNutt says:
03/27/2008 13:07

Maybe Nazi thugs like you should play games instead of burning them.

/Sean Connery

Nineteen Seven says:
03/27/2008 13:54

I actually enjoyed Bulletproof and even though the aiming was almost bad enough to kill the fun, it completely redeemed itself when Middle Eastern terrorists were brought into the equation at the very end. I can only hope Blood In The Sand is entirely compromised of WTF moments like that. And come on, 50 Cent has the physique to play a badass.

If it takes a Pursuit Force mentality towards the action, I'm buying it without question.

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