Modern Warfare 2 Features Cameo From 50 Cent?

Kotaku writes...... Rapper 50 Cent will be strapping on the bulletproof vest once again in a video game-but not one of his own. Instead, he'll be making a cameo in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

[saint_john_paul_ii]

oh god... this game will be bad if they put him in...

[Timesplitter14]

you mean "even badder"

[Blaze929]

WTF Infinity Ward!? W..T..F!? That's all you can really say, WTF!?

Seems they want to reach that 11 million sold before the year is over at any cost. Overconfident asses, to go THIS far though!?

http://i27.tinypic.com/1t4h...

50's skull..now with NV goggles!

[heroprotagonist]

I'm sorry but that's just stupid.

[Sev]

Well he has been shot 9 times. LOL.

I'd love to shoot him a few more. I kid, I kid.

[Panthers]

I wouldnt mind puttin a few rounds through him.

[LONEWOLF231]

Dude seriously WTF?!?!?!?!
First a charge increase for the PC version then a 50 pennies cameo........what other lame stunt will IW bring tomorrow??
Maybe IW will make Carrot Top the main enemy or maybe youll get field intelligence from Kid and Play.

[LiL T]

One more reason NOT to buy this piece of drift wood. MW sucked and this one is looking to be a shiny piece of crap.

edit: shiny EXPENSIVE piece of crap

[Greywulf]

You guys are allllll getting milked with mw2.

Enjoy, because Activision is going to ride ya for years to come as long as people keep pretending night vision goggles have anything to do with really pushing forward gameplay.

[LiL T]

Ya for sure, It would be more innovative if they had 3D glasses. Though they would probably charge $149 and give you cereal box 3D glasses. I hope people stop supporting this foolishness. If not WOW, young gamer are really easy to impress. They don't seem to want to push gaming forward, just want the same thing over and over and over .......

[dawgsfan117]

You people are all acting like he is gonna be the Mother F**ken main character or something. He is only one of several people doing voice acting in the multiplayer of the game. Hell sounds good aslong as I dont have to hear the exact same voice screaming at me in Russian throughout the entire match this time. Please everybody quit finding every tiny reason to hate this game. You will pay the same $60 you always pay for a new game and in turn get an exceptional single player and probably the best multi-player in any game to date. So please stop ur b*tching.

Edit: Lol i got a disagree within 5 mins. Please tell me how im wrong.

[vickers500]

"You guys are allllll getting milked with mw2.
Enjoy, because Activision is going to ride ya for years to come as long as people keep pretending night vision goggles have anything to do with really pushing forward gameplay."

Uhh, Activision isn't making people purchase the collectors edition, idiot. And if you're a console gamer, which I would bet most gamers on this site are, then this should have no effect on you. And if you're a pc gamer, well join the f*cking club of pricing spikes us console gamers have had to endure this gen. It's ONE game you greedy pricks, and it's only 10 bucks more.

[comment I was going to post before I replied to that one]
I think I'm going to kill myself. 50 cent? F*ck! It seems Activision is catering to the 13 year old wannabe gangster crowd. I hope there is a way to disable the multiplayer voices or at least just 50 cents voice. At the very least, have him speak some proper f*cking grammar and not that ghetto slang bullsh*t that he spews in his music (no I am not racist, I just hate the ghetto slang voice, and any type of slang that doesn't even attempt proper grammar, such as rednecks).

[likedamaster]

"50 Cent is "one of many squad voices" that will be featured in the multiplayer and Spec Ops modes in Modern Warfare 2. Expect to hear Fifty saying things like"Reloading," "Watch your fire," "I'm down, get me up!" and "Tango Down!" according to Bowling."

No cameo, no cheezy appearance, just simple & clean voice work. MW2 for 360 day 1

[madpuppy]

some character from a Will Smith film. damn, that would suck, using that contrived rapper voice in a game that prides itself as a relatively realistic first person combat simulation.

Man, I just thought of something funny, Imagine "fiddy" in basic training in the army and he tries to shoot his gun sideways like a "gangsta'" not only would his Sargent kick his A$$ but, that night he would get the bar of soap in a sock treatment from the rest of his bunkmates. like Private Pyle in "Full Metal Jacket"
I'd pay good money to see that.

[kparks]

WOW Are you people serious you all find every little thing to bit*h about are you really that concerned who does the VOICE OVER... COME ON...and stop hating on 50. man that hate sh*t is played out!! he doin his thing making money every one of us would do the same damn thing.. i dont like him... but im not going to be like 50 cent WTF were they thinking.. And matter of fact blood on the sand was a great game if you ACTUALLY PLAYED IT!!

[jammy_70]

then we can shoot his face off!!!!!!!!

[Hobadoon]

I agree, man. From the way people were reacting, I though he was going to be some kind of unlockable character and I literally said "really IW... really...?" Trust me, I was as annoyed as much as everyone else.

Then I read the article to find out he only did like 5 lines of voice over work for the game. Which then re-affirmed why I think so many members on this site just like to complain about dumb shyt. It's only A FEW LINES OF VOICEOVER WORK! What is the problem?

Half the time you probably wouldn't know it's him. If this article wasn't released I guarantee people wouldn't have known (until looking at game credits or something). Chill the hell out people. I feel people have turned this website from a gaming site into a "I need to blow off some frustration so I'm gonna b!tch and moan about every little thing on here" site...

[Poopface the 2nd]

I can see 50 full up in a jeep any yell at you "B@TCh GET IN MY CAR"

Id rather have X to the Z XZiBITs voice in cod /S

I wonder if this is why they raise the price to pay rich people to put their voices in the game.

To me it takes away from the game when you hear celebrities or the same voices in the game over and over. I feel the same about seeing the same people over and over in movies, especially if its in a similar role. Why not try and be original, it adds to the realism as opposed to detract form it. Do you think these "celerities" would ever be in a war, hell no.

Why not have a entire squad of rappers, and then one of actors and another of reality tv stars, and DElta squad could be washed up child stars voices.

Dont hate 50 I jsut would rather have voices ive never heard in the game.

[GameForFame]

that's all, kthxbai

[Headshot81]

you know mw2 will be lacking on something.

[menoyou]

Okay, that's it. Now I'm really going to boycott Activision for sure. This is just ridiculous.

[Ninji]

As if I didn't already have enough reasons not to play this game...I guess I can just add another reason to the list.

[-Mezzo-]

lol.

[dawgsfan117]

Because 50 cent will have about 5 lines of dialoug in the multiplayer? Thats a stupid reason. He is one of many doing this in the game and wont even be a noticable role. So for that you going to skip an amazing game?

[WenisWagon]

Well, there goes MW2's chances at being a perfect game.

[JonnyBadfinger]

when 50 cent can talk properly or push a word out of his fat lips that is understandable, then and only then do i want to hear it. As he is at the moment i cant understand 1 of his songs.

All the big black CoD gamers are gunna be going nuts ... Dawg!

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

...50 Cent!!! ;-D

+ It's just for a bit of Voice stuff i think. Just copy what they said in MW1 and stick it on MW2 because it will be the same old-$hit anyway in'it iiiiiiiiii4real!!! ;-D

[lloyd_sr1]

niice

[ThatCanadianGuy]

no

[SeanScythe]

Do we get to shoot him? If so I'm all for it.

[-Mezzo-]

Count me in i am all for it as well.

[Megaton]

He does voice work in the multiplayer? Yeah, that's wonderful...

"Defuse dat bomb, or die tryin!"

I dunno if I'm even gonna get this used anymore. Rental sounds good enough. Maybe just give it a try at a friend's house... or pass altogether. Whatever, I wash my hands of this. If I get to it, I get to it.

[TruUnknowN]

LMAO, die trying, classic lol.

[Panthers]

I could hear him yelling "I'M BULLET PROOF B***H" after killing someone.

[deadreckoning666]

This is expected to be the biggest entertainment debut in history. Somehow, I don't know if it'll happen.

[Dellis]

^This is all part of that, Activision knows 50 got a new album coming this year.

[DARK WITNESS]

ahhh, i see ... so thats why they are charging extra.. they prob have to pay thim about 20 million $$$$ just for saying "ya"

thats what they meant by "delivering quality" to gamers. my god, and people really want to pay £55 for this.

[RAM MAGNUMS]

And this is how I know codmw2 is a recycled game with zero improvements.
They are just selling the game.

Call of duty is dead. It's over. Too popular. Watered down. Overrated.
Should be taken to the middle of the street & shot in front of witnesses.

[-Mezzo-]

Agreed.

[Quadrix]

Guess MW2=instant failure. Oh well...there are other shooters out there.

[reckoner]

Have you even played MW2 yet? No.

[cyborg6971]

I'd rather go into battle with NWA. Or PE. But I think Flavor Flav would be killed by friendly fire at boot camp.

[Gamer_Politics]

well i'm buying MW2 because its made by IW and they have never let me down

[Timesplitter14]

Call of Generic 4 : 50cent Will Cost Y'all

should be the name of this game. Seriously, this game is becoming the next big casual hit for teen gamers who started gaming this gen.

- War in the middle East, trying to make it look cool, honorable and heroic
- Brown buildings EVERYWHERE
- No story, not creative at all
- 50cent

cancer...

[likedamaster]

What would be your preferred shooter (besides Timesplitters)?

[greyfox235]

"ima kill doez terroists or die tryin"

[OGharryjoysticks]

this sucks.

[thetorontokid]

that is so lame!!!!!!!!!

[cyborg6971]

In latin this is known as gayes maximus

[Timesplitter14]

In japanese, it's Thissu gamo willu sucku

[ThatCanadianGuy]

LOL!

[LokedOut]

ahahaha

[marioporter]

They said they he's going to be a multi-player voice. How would this affect the quality of the game in any way? Jackasses. He'll probably be saying stuff like, "frag out", "incoming"... WOW! That's really going to ruin the game for me. I think half the problem is you a-holes are just racist.

[LONEWOLF231]

lol, What???
Dude seriously Racist in what way???
No one is pissed off at the fact that he is black, white, brown or any other color of skin.........the man just plain SUCKS. Why you had to turn this into a racial issue is beyond me.

[joemayo76]

not one comment mentioned anything about his race,its just the way the man acts.

the man is jus plain annoying, as well as eminem, or those lame guys in that crappy band theory of a dead man etc (see what i did there has nothing to do about race and yet they all had some presence in some game incase your wondering)

[FantasyStar]

looks like marioporter is the only racist here.

[darkloud93]

Common...don't compare eminem with Vanilla Ice

[KenAdamsNSA]

I think most people would be just as mad if Vanilla Ice was hired to do voiceover work instead.

[marioporter]

Well, obviously you don't like the way he acts. Maybe it's because it's culturally different from you... I don't know. I bet if it was Dave Groehl or someone you guys would be like, "That's so awesome!"

[Ninji]

I guess they will save him for Modern Warefare 3.

[Johnny Rotten]

Go Activision!!

[Horny]

Its just a voice over but its BS when they complain how games are getting expensive to create yet they hire expensive people just to provide a voice.

Honestly the only reason Call of Duty was fun was because of the ding sound it made when u got a head shot and u just love seeing +10 per kill.

[joemayo76]

its like how the movie studios used to parade around how pirating dvds effects the "working joes" on set yet they continue to dish out bucketloads of cash to the "stars"

[OGharryjoysticks]

I guess he's going to cap you with the magic stick. and it looks like the entire new kill streak in multiplayer is based off 50, cuz if he hits once he thinks he'll hit twice.

[DW]

Are they serious about .. I'm just sayin' who cares if money's up on there? Damn gimmicks never cease to amaze me.

[-Mezzo-]

they could have come up with some one better

[Timesplitter14]

Well I think 50cent perfectly fits the target audience of this game

[dawgsfan117]

It says that he is ONE of MANY cameos in the multi-player. This is just gonna help to add some variety to the voices you hear in the online game. The first modern warfare was lacking in the variety category and so this is one way IW is trying to improve their game. But as usual nerds that just read headlines and then b*tch about them have immediatly assumed he is gonna be a huge part of this game.

[MegaPowa]

It wont ruin the games idiots if your going to pass up this game because of an artist's cameo then you need some help <_< this game is just so awesome

Edit:oh and by the way hes only going to be saying small things in multiplayer so..stop complaining

[Horny]

I highly doubt anybody is pissed because of 50, they just dont agree with activision complaining that games cost too much to make and then hire someone like 50 to provide a voice whos probably getting payed millions for this.

[OGharryjoysticks]

but they were real soldiers...unlike Fiddy.

[darkloud93]

50 sucks so bad, he's probably paying activision to be in the game XD

[joemayo76]

i love how that term is used so loosely now everybody thats on the radio and has a music video is an artist now

[Poopface the 2nd]

Im against them using his voice as well as other celebrities. I dont want to hear voices Ive heard before in any game not just COD. The game is supposed to be realistic but you hear voices youve heard before and it completly ruins taht "realism" that the whole game trys to portray.

Its not just 50 cent, but apparently there are other celebrities voices, that weve undoubtedly heard many times before.

They only way this can be good is if Christopher Walkin does some vioces too.

How about the annoying guy who did Iagos voice in the Alladin. Or James earl jones so we can fight terrorism and think of darth vader and MUfasa.

[NegativeCreep427]

Now it has gone one step further: Rapper Placement. If it ain't 50 cent, its that annoying ass wannabe Tyrese Gibson in the Transformers movies.

I swear that the rap artists these days are more concerned with their film or interactive media careers than with their music careers. The good old glory days of 2pac, Notorious B.I.G. NWA (Dr. Dre, Eazy E, Ice Cube, Snoop Doggy Dogg) are gone.

[blacksheep14]

Just to add to your list...

The Roots, Wu-Tang Clan, A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Mos Def

[likedamaster]

Mos Def? <---That's not bringing it back. (Although his music is hot)

[blacksheep14]

^^ Mos Def is still mainstream IMO
A few weeks ago I bought two CD's from him at Best Buy

[The_Beast]

target pratice

[gameraxis]

alot of people skeptical about this game... all i know is Day one baby!! can't wait to get through that single player and start my trek to greatness on multiplayer. i got a next gen console about 6 months before MW and wasn't really into looking at games online so i didn't really have any high hopes for it and been playing it ever since.

CANT WAIT to see their slight impressions of k2 and other shooters incorporated (hopefully k2's run animation) or something close to it will make the cut, i also hope it's saturated with personality, as the first one kind of lacked imo...

[Claudinho69]

nerds hates on hip hop

[FantasyStar]

50 Cent isn't hip-hop. Run DMC is hip-hop. 50 Cent: after his 3rd Album, became a lying PoS. You want Hip-Hop? Public Enemy is the answer. Hip-Hop back in the 90s is a creative form of music. Don't mistake 50 Cent for hip-hop because there's a difference between hip-hop and trash.

[Pandamobile]

Judging by the grammar in your comment, you're a hip hop fan.

[Poopface the 2nd]

hip hop is different. Alot of older artists would be considered hip-hop, and alot of people that arnt heard much. Rappers have no real message in their songs and all talk about the same crap over and over again. If they sing about all their cars and bling, even once, they are rappers.

for an example of Modern hip-hop look up atmosphere.

[Pandamobile]

The Call of Duty games stopped being good at COD2.

[Gun_Senshi]

Someone said it! COD4 is insult to competitive COD2 online.

[shaneTsung]

The Call of Duty games stopped being good at COD2.
Pandamobile are you high on crack???? if your this dumb dude don't even post any more. C.O.D 4 has set the BAR

[Pandamobile]

After COD2, the series went through a process we call "Consolification". Which basically means they stripped it down, and rebuilt it for the mass market console audience. Minus all the good that made the series spectacular to begin with.

[Mr Tretton]

I hate rap.

That's all I have to say.

[hatchimatchi]

when will people realize that call of duty is a garbage series?

[shaneTsung]

no raping online....theres enough of that already plz go play def jam icon if you want to here that shiiii+

[jeseth]

I like your choice in avatars.

[life doomer]

(MATCH START)
50: Ey yo whuddup? 50 hea. Git ready.
*gunfire*
50: B!tch be shootin'. Git dat papah.
*more gunfire, 50 shoots enemy*
50: Yeah, dats whuddup. Gimme dat papah.
*50 gets shot 9 times*
50: It only takes more than 9 to take me down.
*50 gets shot once more*
Counterstrike voice: HEADSHOT

[blacksheep14]

Its not like his rapping on the game. His rapping sucks after Get Rich Die Trying but his voice is alright.

[DelbertGrady]

I think Guess who's back and Power of the dollar are the only albums he raps good on. After that he sounds punchy as hell.

[NMC2007]

Wow, these responses are just unbelievably ridiculous to me.

[DelbertGrady]

Bobby Kotick felt they needed something to connect with the younger audience.

[Kamikaze8]

good to see that they are expanding the games vocal talents, hopefully fifty does okay.

[Nelson M]

Is Exclusive to the Xbox
Just Like The Joker is Exclusive to The PS3
I Hate Rap
COD Modern Rap is Crap

[-Mezzo-]

LOL>

[slave2Dcontroller]

What I consider to be THEE most realistic and in depth war franchise ever created has just turned to a POS.

Albeit, I'm a huge fan of COD;4, I deemed World At War to be a weak but that was up until I played the demo last week and there after immediately went out and bought the game. I'm just not a fan of WW games but WAW was really impressive.

At any rate its a damn shame that Activision is wreckin such an awsome franchise by throwing CURTIS the role as "the players voice" Nerwsflash Activision; Fiddy is washed up. Thanks for saving me $65 bones.

[cyborg6971]

Cod Realistic and in depth did you just start gaming kid?

[Marquis_de_Sade]

Realistic? CoD? Are you joking?

[Pandamobile]

COD's as deep as a puddle.

[kparks]

Do you really expect me to believe that you were going to buy this game... and now that 50 cent has like 4 lines in the game like.. tango down.. your not buying it you must be Fn retarded you might have about the dumbest comment i ever read on this site!!!! I GUARANTEE U that this article has stopped nobody from buying the game and if it for sum reason it did than there retardation factor is through the roof!!!

[andron]

As long as I don't have to see his mug it'll be ok... maybe...

[caRnAGEconcept]

let me start off by saying if fiddy isnt wearing fresh new reeboks n drinkin a pepsi then i will remain unsatisfied... if they're goona ruin it, they need to go all the way.

Why stop there tho. Why not a cameo or even a boss fight with the master chief... or zelda... naked. Perhaps their will be a companion cube in his military issue'd equipment.. but with cake. and ninjas.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

The level of hate shown towards 50 cent in this thread is appalling, his newer music isn't great, but the guy has great presence and the ability to make you sit up and listen. He is also a talented actor, anyone who has seen his film will know this.

[slave2Dcontroller]

ridin his nut sack. Your not Curtis so why does it matter who likes or dislikes 50. If you digg 50 then hey, thats you but its obvious that other people are literally sick of this moron. I seen his wack movie, The 1st cd was ace but at this point I'm sick of him.

We are ALL entitled to our own opinions and your not wrong for feeling the way you do but other people aside from you have a voice and we have a right to speak our opinions as do you.

[betcha]

Doesn't sound to bad, he is just doing voice work for the multiplayer. Not a on screen appearance.

[Amnesiac]

more like 50's spent amirite?

[Dead_Cell]

Voiceovers from a guy who can't even open his mouth.
This is going to end well.

[Vip3r]

/facepalm

[RustInPeace]

What business does this ass have in this game? Now I'm debating on IF i will get this now, instead of a solid "yes".

[PS360PCROCKS]

weird, but as long as he's not annoying as hell. I'm buying this off Gamefly anyways.

[-Mezzo-]

i hope there is a PIMP cameo.

[Ninjamonkey]

oh yes IW, just make this game more appealing to the kind of people who will be playing aweful rap music through the mics like in COD4...

[I-SEE-YOU]

"THEY WILL TRY ANYTHING TO KEEP THIS GAME ALIVE"

But we all know this franchise is dead!

[Cajun Chicken]

S**t.

[-Mezzo-]

lol.

[ravenl0rd]

Maybe Call of Duty should have a celebrity shoot-em-up mode. I vote for Eminem and Bill Maher.

[boss_killa]

he's only doing voice work, it's not like there'll be a 50 cent character in the game.

i might still buy the game. although activision is doing a good job of making themselves look like a bunch of jack'sses.

[timmyrulz]

More cheese than an edam factory

[KwietStorm_BLM]

And I thought the Call of Duty series was gimmicky before

[DoctorSavage]

It was always Bush's fault, well well well, guess what.

Now it is Obama's fault....everything that is wrong I will blame on him.

I heard when Master Chief takes off his Helmet we will see Sotomayor :|

Again that will be Obama's Fault.

And when RUTH BADER GINSBURG and SOTOMAYOR decide to take our guns away in the not too distant future....guess what.

THAT BUCKTOOTHED NEO MARXIST WILL BE TO BLAME.

[Firewarrior]

i mean oh god why?!!!!!!

[Silly gameAr]

50's voice=death of a franchise. Overreact much?

[tomdrum6]

lol...well this game is aimed at the general public and this is the crap they want if its true. people are happy to buy a new COD game eveery year even if its exactly the same as the last

[QuantumWake]

I would rather have a drunken Lemmy than 50 Cent... I am truly disappointed, I really am.

[bigjclassic]

This rules
/sarcasm

50 cent was never "cool", and this sounds like serious desperation from 50's camp. Im happy with KZ2 Activision, thanx but no thanx.

[iTzNath]

Maybe he'll be Sgt.Griggs Jr

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

Does no one read? He's just doing the voice over for multiplayer, stuff like "tango down!" "reloading!" etc. Nothing like "yo boi I'ma gonna pop a cap in ya!"

[CobraKai]

Having 50 in the game kills any and all realism that Infinity Ward has achieved in Modern Warfare. Might as well have a cameo of Tony Hawk in World at War.

[DiffusionE]

I don't think we actually need a rapper to enhance our gaming experience. What we really need now is for the prices to go back to normal....oh, and we need Kotick to quit his job...Pronto!

[Bazookajoe_83]

LAME IW!!!!!!

[shysun]

Not all soldiers sound like "yes sir no sir" and not all rappers sound like "yoyoyo"! Both are just people nothing more!

[Bazookajoe_83]

Thats true, but i would rather have seen they taken someone from the army.

[equax]

Hey, stop complaining just wait and see how this all comes out.

[shysun]

good 4 him, I'm going to love this game no matter what.

[Mattfrost]

What a shame

Well I wont £50 to listen to that idiot talk 'All Gangster'

Never mind, as long as they keep making new Nazi Zombie maps, ill stay with world at war.

[Supernatural24]

Going from a hero to a zero is one hell of a step down!
Going from Jack Bauer to 50 pennies is one hell of a step down!
Going from talent to a no-talent is one hell of a step down!