<s>
50	B-Application
Cent	I-Application
:	I-Application
Blood	I-Application
on	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sand	I-Application
is	O
a	O
third-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Swordfish	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
THQ	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
serves	O
as	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
50	B-Application
Cent	I-Application
:	I-Application
Bulletproof	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blood	B-Application
on	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sand	I-Application
came	O
out	O
of	O
a	O
Covert-One	O
cancelled	O
project	O
at	O
Swordfish	O
Studios	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
tweaked	O
to	O
be	O
less	O
serious	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
being	O
noted	O
as	O
an	O
improvement	O
over	O
Bulletproof	B-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
failure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blood	B-Application
on	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sand	I-Application
includes	O
on-foot	O
combat	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
vehicle	O
missions	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
driver-and-turret-gunner	O
Humvee	O
H2	O
road	O
chase	O
and	O
a	O
helicopter-borne	O
minigun	O
shootout	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
can	O
use	O
a	O
mode	O
called	O
"	O
Gangsta	O
Fire	O
"	O
(	O
50	O
Cent	O
's	O
variation	O
on	O
the	O
slo-mo	O
"	O
bullet-time	O
"	O
concept	O
used	O
in	O
Max	B-Application
Payne	I-Application
)	O
to	O
take	O
on	O
multiple	O
opponents	O
at	O
once	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
that	O
,	O
Vivendi	O
Games	O
offered	O
the	O
studio	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
sequel	O
based	O
on	O
50	B-Application
Cent	I-Application
:	I-Application
Bulletproof	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
certain	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
Covert-One	O
project	O
got	O
repurposed	O
during	O
its	O
development	O
(	O
like	O
cover	O
system	O
)	O
,	O
Blood	B-Application
on	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sand	I-Application
was	O
being	O
made	O
with	O
a	O
lighter	O
tone	O
in	O
mind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
28	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Activision	O
Blizzard	O
announced	O
that	O
only	O
five	O
Sierra	O
titles	O
would	O
be	O
published	O
through	O
Activision	O
,	O
and	O
50	B-Application
Cent	I-Application
:	I-Application
Blood	I-Application
on	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sand	I-Application
was	O
not	O
one	O
of	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Bulletproof	B-Application
,	O
which	O
received	O
generally	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
,	O
Blood	B-Application
on	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sand	I-Application
was	O
better	O
received	O
by	O
video	O
game	O
critics	O
,	O
scoring	O
a	O
7	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
on	O
GameSpot	O
and	O
a	O
4/5	O
on	O
X-Play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
early	O
April	O
2009	O
,	O
50	B-Application
Cent	I-Application
:	I-Application
Blood	I-Application
on	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sand	I-Application
sold	O
an	O
estimated	O
56,000	O
copies	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
not	O
enough	O
to	O
make	O
another	O
installment	O
for	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
