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50 Cent: Blood on the Sand

The game revolves around rapper 50 Cent. The co-player's character can be one of three other members of the G-Unit crew: Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks, or DJ Whoo Kid, each specializing in different combat…

61 20 February 2009

50 Cent: Blood on the Sand is a shooter developed by Swordfish Studios, released 20 February 2009 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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What 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand is

50 Cent: Blood on the Sand is a shooter game developed by Swordfish Studios and released in 2009. It was published by Bethesda Softworks. It is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It runs on Unreal Engine 3.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game revolves around rapper 50 Cent. The co-player's character can be one of three other members of the G-Unit crew: Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks, or DJ Whoo Kid, each specializing in different combat techniques. The co-player is either run by the game or through online cooperative play. The game is set in an urban warzone in an unnamed Middle Eastern country, where 50 Cent and G-Unit have been hired to play a rap concert. After the concert the promoter, Anwar is unable to pay them the US $10-million in cash he promised, but relents after being threatened. However, instead of the cash they were promised, he gives them a diamond-and-pearl encrusted human skull (bearing a striking resemblance…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the 50 Cent series

50 Cent: Blood on the Sand is the third of 3 entries we hold in the 50 Cent series. It arrived 2 years after 50 Cent: Bulletproof - G-Unit Edition. It is the most recent released entry in the series. Its critic score of 61 is 9 points above the series average of 52. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.

See all 3 50 Cent games in release order →

How it was received

50 Cent: Blood on the Sand holds a critic score of 61 out of 100. That places it above 25% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 6 points below the year average.

What it launched against

50 Cent: Blood on the Sand launched on 20 February 2009, within three weeks of Demon's Souls, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Resident Evil 5 and Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Demon's Souls, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned.

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When did 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand come out?
50 Cent: Blood on the Sand was released on 20 February 2009 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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