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Not that we’re moving into either full-time coverage of 50 Cent or of rap beef, but this was too good to pass up.
With his new game hitting store shelves today, Kotaku caught up with rapper 50 Cent to chat about Blood on the Sand’s silly premise, music sales, and his future plans in the game industry.
Rapper 50 Cent revealed his intentions to develop a movie based on THQ’s Saint’s Row franchise today during a conference call regarding his upcoming video game 50 Cent: Blood in the Sand.
In this new video interview, 50 Cent talks about how involved he was in the making of his upcoming shooter, Blood in the Sand.
While stuck in the Middle East on a murderous rampage in pursuit of his crystal skull, 50 Cent will meet countless locals. And, once met, he shall regale them with pleasantries and compliments.
G-Unit’s Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo, like group mate 50 Cent, aren’t your traditional celebrity turned video game character. They actually play the games they’re in. And they know who Sephiroth is.
No, 50 Cent: Blood On The Sand isn’t dead, dead, dead. It’s alive! The game, orphaned by Activision Blizzard, has indeed been picked up by publisher THQ, according to a rating by Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classification board. That’s the part we did get right when we reexamined 50′s fate. Honestly, though our interest in 50′s music begins and ends at “In Da Club” we can’t help but be warmed over by the ridiculousness of Blood On The Sand‘s debut trailer. It’s brilliant.