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Konami livin' the Crime Life

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Nov 22, 2005 4:58 pm PT

Dance Dance Revolution publisher gets down and dirty with D12 in budget-priced urban hip-hop brawler.

After a less-than-stellar initial outing into games, Detroit-based rap group D12 is getting a second shot with Crime Life: Gang Wars, now shipping from Konami for the Xbox. In addition to lending their voices and likenesses to the game, D12 also recorded original music for Crime Life.

Described as a free-roaming beat-'em-up action brawler, Crime Life casts players as a two-bit gangland thug who ascends the criminal ladder to create his own crooked empire.

"Crime Life: Gang Wars is a modern rendition of the popular side-scrolling brawler games of yesteryear, set in the backdrop of gang warfare," said Jason Enos, product manager for Konami Digital Entertainment America. "Players will need to master a dynamic fighting system in order to conquer the streets," he continued.

Crime Life: Gang Wars is rated M for Mature and retails for $19.99. A PC version is expected in stores next week.

14 Comments

  • Homsar13

    Posted Nov 28, 2005 8:51 pm PT

    cheap price for a cheap ass game, we don't need anymore gang styled games, GTA: SA is good as itself

  • warpuke

    Posted Nov 25, 2005 8:43 am PT

    They should make a game where you can play as a redkneck, a gang member, an angry nerd, or just a regular guy. Your mission is simple, beat the tar out of as many in-game celebrities as you can. Don't like hip hop? Show snoop dogg how you feel with your special redkneck boot-stomp. Oh is that justin timberlake over there? Why, lets make him into a bumpersticker on our 1973 ford pickup. They could even release expansions for this, add obnoxoius and overpaid athletes, politicians, religeous zealots etc.

  • combonext

    Posted Nov 24, 2005 7:46 pm PT

    Is like someone just told em more money is in the GAME industry than MUSIC industry... I think so! Let em come in as long there are many hungry viper producers in there man... That's why i love Hideo stick to his mirinda man LEGENDARY SOLID SNAKE!...Deplay.

  • never-named

    Posted Nov 23, 2005 10:03 pm PT

    Amen to that!

  • Frostysnowplow

    Posted Nov 23, 2005 11:07 am PT

    stupid ass rappers should not be allowed to make or be in games period!

  • Turkiye

    Posted Nov 23, 2005 9:38 am PT

    dude who will buy this peace of C$@P ? what's next Eminem with 8 MIle the GAME? i mean all of this started after Snoop Dogg got a role in True Crime Streets of LA. man they're just pushing us too far

  • Golden_surfer

    Posted Nov 23, 2005 9:03 am PT

    I Don't want that thing, not even if it's for free.

  • R_dc

    Posted Nov 23, 2005 7:20 am PT

    I got it already. Bad choice. It sucked bad.

  • Kilik_Raizen

    Posted Nov 23, 2005 2:02 am PT

    if i ve got this for free i would sell it... of course if there was anybody who would buy such a thing

  • sxygrkstd

    Posted Nov 22, 2005 11:39 pm PT

    stop with this hip hop video game cross over.... stick to music, you already suck on that anyways.

  • dmfreak

    Posted Nov 22, 2005 10:23 pm PT

    $19.99 wow it's cheap......WAIT!!! $19.99=a budgeted game=another bad game.

  • Unorthodox1978

    Posted Nov 22, 2005 8:40 pm PT

    OK, now this is a bad idea. Seriously. Who the hell wants to play a game like this? A beat-em-up brawler, but with gang members. Too many GTA SA clones. Knock it off!

  • Sinister904

    Posted Nov 22, 2005 7:46 pm PT

    does anyone listen to D12???

  • magus704

    Posted Nov 22, 2005 7:00 pm PT

    Great, and I thought that the 50 cent game was a bad idea.

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