Following on from last week's that hip-hopper 50 Cent was set to appear in his own game, we now have the very first footage of the OG in action. Under the title 50 Cent Bulletproof, this gritty game will follow the shot-up superstar as he fights crime in the New York underworld with help from his chum Dr Dre and his pals from G-Unit. And while the man christened Curtis Jackson has claimed that he turned down the chance to appear in San Andreas, the designers of his game have obviously been ...
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22 Feb 2005

50 Cent: In da game

PS2 News | 50 Cent Bulletproof

Interweb whispers currently suggest that work is underway on a PS2 and Xbox game starring 50 Cent (or around 26p at today's exchange rate). It's not clear at present who's publishing or even developing the game, although we have heard that the never-knowingly-unshot Cent is writing an original soundtrack for the title. As for the gameplay, it's said to be extremely adult in tone, with no shortage of violence and, as you'd imagine, lots of guns. In addition to Curtis himself, there is also ...
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12 Jun 2006

.hack//G.U. moves The World

PS2 News | .hack//G.U. vol. 1//Rebirth

Namco Bandai has released a new trailer for .hack//G.U. This multi-part PlayStation 2 RPG saga - sequel to the original which was released over the course of 2003-2004 - brings players back into a simulated online world where a mysterious affliction is turning other players into real-life coma ...
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9 May 2006

Pre-E3 06: .hack//G.U.

PS2 News | .hack//G.U. vol. 1//Rebirth

A computer virus infects a massively multiplayer online game - and people start collapsing in the real world. When your online game is so addictive that gamers can't stop playing - and you start paying the price in comatose players - it's conspiracy time. The real-world cover-up begins to blend together with the mystery inside the game. Soon, players are banding together to get to the bottom of it all, and discovering that a psychotic programmer may be to blame. That's the story of the original ...
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14 Apr 2006

A glimpse of .hack//G.U.

PS2 News | .hack//G.U. vol. 1//Rebirth

People are falling into comas - just from playing an online game. The worst thing is that it's happened before. If you played the last .hack game, spread over four volumes, you'd already solved that problem. But The World, the fictional online game where the .hack saga takes place, is a strange thing. Even though it has been rebuilt from scratch, the problems just won't ...
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31 Jan 2007

.hack//G.U. Vol 2: REMINISCE announced

PS2 News | .hack//G.U. vol.2: REMINISCE

Namco Bandai has released a new batch of images from .hack//G.U. Vol 2: REMINISCE, the latest in its continuing RPG saga of teens who literally can't bear to disconnect from the world of their favorite online game. Which has, naturally, gone mad bones nutzoid. If you're looking at the title and thinking that the second game in a new series might be a little early to begin reminiscing, we understand. But this is actually the sixthgame in the .hack universe overall because there were four games ...
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