Back in November of ‘05 I had the misfortune to play a title that combined the very worst of both the video game and rap (pop) music worlds. I’m talking of course about 50 Cent: Bulletproof. The game pulled in a disgustingly appropriate MetaCritic score of 50 and was promptly placed in the “I wish I could take the hour(s) I wasted playing this crap back” section of most gamers minds. Unfortunately, middle class suburban wannabe gangster kids around the globe could not get enough of 50 and the game went platninum. Thanks to those mind boggling sales figures, we will all have to suffer through another 50 Cent video game.

Find out all the details after the jump!

Scheduled to hit store shelves some time in the last quarter of this year, 50 Cent’s new game, called 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, is sure to surpass its predecessor. Maybe not in sales, but I doubt even a bunch of rabid circus apes could make a title as bad as Bulletproof was. The game is being developed by Swordfish Studios, published by Vivendi, and will be available for both the 360 and PS3.

Vivendi Games producer Aaron Blean has likened the new game to a “Three Kings meets Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels crime-story.” Now I’m not really sure what the hell that’s suppose to mean, but comparing the upcoming title to two great movies can’t hurt.

The game will use Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3 and besides your standard shoot’em up gameplay, the title will also support both land and air vehicle based combat. Gamers will assume the role of the pop culture media mogul while being accompanied by a second character. Most of 50’s motley crew of hangers on will be selectable as your companion, including Tony Yayo, Whoo Kid, and Lloyd Banks. Co-op play will be available both locally and online.

Like Bulletproof before it, this title will also come with the standard assortment of promotional media, just in case the previous game, film, clothing line and music albums have not provided a “fix” for you 50 Cent addiction.

I have little faith that this title will be any better than the last, but at the very least parents will have another title that is SO bad that they can actually use it as a punishment when my their kids act up. “Sorry Johnny, I asked you to mow the lawn and you didn’t. Now you have to play an hour of Blood on the Sand.”

Source: GameSpot

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