Yes you heard us right, you even saw the trailer. Snoop Dogg (or Snoop Lion, or Snoop Doggy Dogg or whatever he is going by now) is breaking into the video games industry.
Drawing inspiration from Snoop’s love of ‘70s Kung Fu movies, Way of the Dogg follows the story of “America Jones” – the toughest street fighter in town, whose two great passions are the fight and his love, Sierra – but when Sierra is taken from him, AJ must step up and take his fighting to a whole new level under the watchful eye of Master Snoop and learn the “Way of the Dogg.”
Way of The Dogg features intense, rhythm-action combat matched to a selection of Snoop Dogg’s greatest hits including: “Who am I (What’s my Name),” “Gz and Hustlas”, “From Tha Chuuch To Da Palace” and “ Pump Pump.” Way of the Dogg’s story mode pits players against the toughest fighters in brutal one-on-one combat. In addition, the game features highly stylized temple fight challenges taught by Snoop and two-player multiplayer modes for brutal beat downs.
“I’ve always dug old school Kung Fu movies,” said Snoop Dogg. “Growing up in the hood, me and the homies used to hit the Palace Theater in Long Beach to watch the double feature Kung Fu flicks and come out of the theater play fighting each other, making those old school sound effects. I wanted Way of the Dogg to pay tribute to that feeling and bring that same excitement, fused with my music, to the game.
Just writing this article, sipping on Gin and Juice.
The isn’t the first time a musician has tried to immortalise themselves in video gaming history, after all who could forget 50 Cent: Bulletproof and the sequel, Blood on the Sand. Not us and we’ve been trying very hard to (Bulletproof anyway, Blood on the Sand wasn’t half bad). But how will Snoop Dogg’s effort fair? We’ll have to check it out and let you know.
Way of the Dogg is available now on the Xbox Live Marketplace and will also be coming soon to PlayStation Network, and mobile platforms.
Is Snoop Dogg’s name enough to sell a video game on? Will you be picking it up? Will Snoop have changed his name before we finish this sentence? Let us know in the comments below.