Late Night Consoling

It has been officially revealed that 50 Cent will have own his videogame. Earlier today, a trailer appeared on MTV.com for the game, called 50 Cent: Bulletproof. It's similar in style to Grand Theft Auto, as the game "follows the rapper through the NYC criminal underworld to uncover an ugly, international conspiracy." The MTV site also made note that 50 Cent passed up on the lead role in San Andreas in order to make this game. "I'm out to destroy the competition and my video game is no different," he said. "I plan to shake up the video game world like I did the rap world." No platforms or a release date were mentioned, but it will be published by VU Games.

The general manager of Microsoft Games Studios, Shane Kim, made it official that the company will no longer be making sports games. This doesn't come as much of surprise as the company sold its development studios to Take Two Interactive and its franchises to Ubisoft. Kim said, "We made a decision almost a year ago to reevaluate what we were doing in sports. Frankly, we weren't delivering at the kind of quality we needed for our customers and to compete effectively." The company will continue to produce racing games, however.

Pandemic Studios' Full Spectrum Warrior has achieved platinum status on the Xbox, making it a bona fide best seller. The new title brings with it a reduced price tag of $19.99. The new price will also go in effect for the PlayStation 2 version, although it is not part of Sony's Greatest Hits line.

Sony Computer Entertainment America confirmed that it plans to ship one million PSPs for the launch of the portable system. "Moving into this new year we knew that PSP has the potential to become the consumer 'must-have' product of 2005 and beyond," said Jack Tretton, executive vice president, Sony Computer Entertainment America. "Having one million units available on day one demonstrates our commitment to getting a PSP in the hands of as many consumers as possible right out of the gate."

RedOctane, the DDR mat maker and game rental service, announced it is teaming up with Roxor Games to bring In The Groove to the PlayStation 2. The arcade game, which is similar to Dance Dance Revolution, will include over 70 songs, some unique to the home version. In The Game was designed by dance game fans and many of the step routines are contributions from the community. No release date was specified.

Rising Star Games announced today that it is bringing the popular Space Invaders series to the Nintendo DS. The company is developing a new version, called Space Invaders Revolution, that will take advantage of the new features of the DS. New modes will include defeating enemies in color-coded fashion or scoring direct hits on a solitary heavily-fortified invader. It's planned for a Spring release in Europe.

The president of the publishing house for Japanese magazine Famitsu, Hirokazu Hamamura, recently took a trip to Mistwalker and witnessed their next-gen Xbox RPGs in action. He talked about the demonstration at a recent Asian games conference and said, "It's such a realistic video that with just one look you'll know that you're looking at a next-generation system. It's something that cannot be realized on today's machines." He added, "It's possible to show a camera outside the Earth's atmosphere approach a forest on the Earth's surface, then show leaves on a tree one at a time." The real deal or hype? You decide. (Or I'll decide for ya; it's hype).

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