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50 Cent: Blood on the Sand Preview

April 28, 2008 - Never double-cross Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. This is the lesson the criminal underworld is set to learn in 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand . A sequel to 2005's Bulletproof, Blood on the Sand puts 50 in a very different hood. Mr. Cent and his G-Unit crew have traveled to an unnamed "war-torn" desert country to put on a show. Fitty is paid with a high-priced jewel, but that gem is stolen by some thugs. Bad move. Described as a cross between Three Kings and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Blood on the Sand is a tongue-in-cheek fast-paced shooter. Though 50 Cent is always on the scene with gun cocked, he is joined by one member of G-Unit controlled either by a friend online or by the AI. Before the start of each mission, you choose your sidekick to be Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks or DJ Whoo Kid. Each has his own bag of quips and a unique weapon. The action is fairly constant as players shoot their way through more than 20 missions. You can play a straigh

Assault Heroes 2: Hands-on

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April 28, 2008 - Shoot-'em-ups are all about action, and Sierra's Assault Heroes was packed full of it. A throwback to the top-down scrolling action shooters of old, the slick 2006 release set a new standard for the genre on Xbox Live Arcade. The development studio behind the first title, Wanako Games, is working on a sequel to Assault Heroes, and we had an opportunity to play a bit of it at Sierra's recent Gamer's Day event in San Francisco. We're happy to report that Assault Heroes 2 appears to have even more action, wrapped in the same glossy package that made its predecessor so easy on the eyes. We've covered the basics of Assault Heroes 2 already, so we won't re-hash it all here. Essentially, all the things you loved about the first game are back (co-op, vehicles, boss battles, power-ups, etc.) but some new twists are on the way.In our hands-on with Assault Heroes 2, we noticed that vehicles re-spawn a lot faster than they did in the last game. If you