Late Night Consoling

IGN interviewed the executive producer of 50 Cent: Bulletproof, Andre Emerson, and some new details came out. First, the story is written by Terry Winter, who won an Emmy for his work on The Sopranos. 50 Cent plays himself as a hustler, described by Emerson as "as a 're-imagining' of what 50's life as a hustler may have turned out to be had he not become a rap phenomenon." He also tried to distance Bulletproof from GTA by saying, "we decided to create a game that was very tightly focused and story-driven, rather than open-ended."

Take Two president and CEO Paul Eibeler told reporters during a conference call that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has sold over 12 million copies. Those sales banked them $55.2 million in profit for that quarter (Nov-Jan), a 74% increase over the same quarter last year. Eibeler also mentioned that GTA PSP and GTA:SA for the Xbox and PC will ship sometime between May and July, but it was confirmed later to IGN that they will ship on June 7.

Do you loathe the outspoken leader of Team Ninja, Tomonobu Itagaki? Are you member of the development team for Tekken 5? Well, now's your chance to shut him up at his own game. From 10pm to 11pm PST on March 6, Itagaki will be available for challenge in Dead or Alive Ultimate. He'll be using the gamer tag DOAUMG.

Ubisoft announced that there is currently an auto-update available over Xbox Live for Ghost Recon 2. It updates the user interface, improves the network code, fixes a few bugs, and updates the Friend's List. Ubisoft also revealed that on Monday, new downloadable content will be available, which includes 3 maps, 2 gameplay modes, 8 weapons, and 2 skins.

The value-priced action title from Majesco, Phantom Dust, will be delayed. Don't worry, though, it's only for a week. It will still sell for $19.99 on March 15. In other news, IGN caught wind that the release date for WarioWare Twisted has shifted for all the major game retailers. While they're now showing April 21, rumor is that this is not a final date.

Novalogic announced today that its upcoming console adaptation of Delta Force: Black Hawk Down will have support for up to fifty players over Xbox Live. No other game has had over 16 players during a session. The Climax-developed game is set to ship April 26.

Earlier in the day, we posted our interview with John Romero about Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows. TeamXbox chats with the senior producer of Dead to Rights II, Pierre Roux. FileFront talks with a few developers on Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. EuroGamer chats with Adrian Smith about Without Warning.