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Modern Warfare 2 Features Cameo From… 50 Cent?

12:40PM Michael McWhertor | Rapper 50 Cent will be strapping on the bulletproof vest once again in a video game — but not one of his own. Instead, he’ll be making a cameo in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. More »
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50 Cent Wants To Make A Game (That Doesn’t Feature 50 Cent)

8:00PM Luke Plunkett | Former “rapper” now “multimedia personality” Curtis James Jackson III has already been the star of two video games. But he wants to be involved in more! Just, not ones where he’s the star. More »
Culture

50 Cent: Eminem Cheats At Pac-Man

7:30PM Luke Plunkett | 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. More »
Features

Why Is Blood On The Sand So Absurd? Fitty Did It For The Kids

7:40AM Mike Fahey | 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. More »
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50 Cent Working On Saint’s Row Movie

5:12AM Mike Fahey | 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.
Media

50 Cent Talks Blood, Sand and Music

5:00AM Brian Crecente | In this new video interview, 50 Cent talks about how involved he was in the making of his upcoming shooter, Blood in the Sand. More »
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50 Cent: ‘Trash Talking’

1:30PM Luke Plunkett | 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. More »
Culture

G-Unit Spills On Blood On The Sand, Gaming Cred

4:30AM Michael McWhertor | 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. More »

THQ Picks Up 50 Cent Off The Ground

4:00PM Michael McWhertor | 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. More »
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50 Cent: Blood on the Sand is Dead, Dead, Dead [Update]

12:00AM Brian Crecente | Remember 50 Cent II, the sequel to discography-cum-video game 50-Cent: Bulletproof? The game that Sierra named 50-Cent: Blood on the Sand? The one that has a love-interest, slick graphics and tons of blood? Yeah, it’s dead. Caught in the unflinching cogs of big video game business, mergers, and close downs, we hear. Victim of a flooded genre and a potential publisher with one too many shooters on its hands. But don’t cry for Fifty. We hear the G-Unit-sporting rapper got his appearance cash, while Swordfish, the team behind the budding game, is likely to get sold off. You gotta love this business. More »