There’s two shooters on the horizon I think are worth mentioning…

The first is 50 Cent’s Blood on the Sand. Yes, it’s a totally hokey idea of 50 Cent out in the arab desert stopping terrorists with his martial arts and gun skills. I know he’s considered a poser sometimes but as you can tell with my interview with him a lmost a year ago that he’s passionate about his global agenda. So now we come to the games release and everyone writing it off before they have even tried it. I get it, you don’t like 50. But don’t discount a shooter made by a reputable studio right away, most of the early reviews have said the game is actually very good even if it’s a bit Gears of War’ish. Here’s a EuroGamer review that actually liked it.

The other game is a sequel to an old favorite Rockstar title of mine, Red Dead Revolver. Rockstar has announced the sequel entitled Red Dead Redemption and from the screenshots it looks very bad ass. I am not a fan of westerns but the last western shooter I had played, Call of Juarez, was actually kind of fun and this one promises a more open world style to it. So keep an eye on this one.