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April 4th, 2008 @ 12:46
50 Cent: Blood on the Sand has got nothing to do with reality, director Julian Widdows has told CVG, and certainly isn’t a political statement. Just to be clear, this is absolutely not Fiddy Does Iraq, Motherfucker.
“It’s fictional, it’s an ‘everyman’s war zone’, is the way we describe it,” he said. “It’s an arcade game, so it needs to be implacable in many senses. There’s no geo-political context to this game.
“It’s clearly a crime story. The arch bad guy - we can’t tell you who it is but it’s a pretty high profile American actor - will be instantly recognisable. But he’s an American. The first key bad guy that you encounter, who you’re actually working for at this point, is an American. The guards you shoot in the third act are all Russian. And so it’s an international crime syndicate which is operating in this everyman’s war zone. It’s the hood beyond the hood. It’s a crime story, a gangland story.”
Glad we got that sorted out.
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April 4th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
I’m so glad he’s explained it, it’s so much more reasonable when it’s described like this.
Note to self : don’t try to drink when tongue firmly planted in cheek, you make a mess.
April 4th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
I’m really looking forward to it, seriously. It’s the funniest thing in games. I bet they actually do a good job of it as well, you know.
April 4th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
haha, funniest thing I’ve read all day. They should send the real Fiddy into the real Iraq, that would sort it. Backed up by the Wu Tang and Bumpy Knuckles.
April 4th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
April 4th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Looks like I was too quick with handing out the No Shit Sherlock award….
April 5th, 2008 at 7:00 am
The fact that they’re putting a rapper into a scenario related to one of modern history’s biggest disgraces, and even going so far as to admit it has absolutely no geo-political context is exactly why the whole idea of the game is disgusting.
Can someone just shoot this guy a 10th time and finish the job this time?
April 7th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Christ, I remember when Swordfish made good games like Jonah Lomu.
April 7th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Swordfish also made Cold Winter, one of the best FPSs on PS2. They might actually make a good game behind all this. I believe they are using UE3 though, so don’t hold your breath.
April 7th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Cold Winter really was great. Seriously, there’s no way this will be a bad quality game. Fiddy’s pop a cap in yo ass if it was.