Still alive. It seems 50 Cent has more lives than the average cat. Reports on usually right, sometimes wrong gaming blog Kotaku claimed the game was dead and buried late last week, but contradictory information soon surfaced. It would appear 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand is in the same position as The Chronicles of Riddick: Assualt on Dark Athena - whereas the team continues to work on it, and are close to finishing the work, while Activision Blizzard attempts to find a buyer. If things come together we might still see the crazy desert antics of 50 Cent on store shelves in time for Christmas. THQ are rumoured to be in the chase for the rights. As for the developer Swordfish Studios it is hard to tell what will happen, but Activision are likely looking to sell them to a potential buyer of the 50 Cent rights.
The game director Julian Widdows has a blog of his own, where things seldom touch on the development of 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, more than standard complaints of long days and this recent quote...
"Playing the game for like, the 1000th time or something."
Obviously Swordfish Studios are in much the same position as other developers of the games that Activision Blizzard refused in that they are tied down by NDA's and aren't allowed to speak out on the current situation. But surely an almost finished sequel to a million seller (regardless of the questionable qualities) will find a publisher.
The recent reports don't mention the console port of Swedish developer Massive Entertainment's World in Conflict. Let's hope it also has a couple of extra lives.