2K Sports will celebrate the 10th Anniversary of their NBA 2K franchise by bundling the video game with their all new soundtrack led by The Game’s “Champion.” The soundtrack includes everyone from Kanye West to Chali2Na. And the best part of the game? In Streetball mode you will be able to hoop it up and choose to play with rappers such as Kanye, Asher Roth, David Banner, The Game and Pitbull. Too bad you can’t unlock Taylor Swift. A good Swift vs. West 1-on-1 might do damage to his ego. Check the entire soundtrack listing after the jump…

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The UK tabloid “The Sun” recently reported that Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has secured the role of BA Baracus for the upcoming A-Team movie. You might remember that the casting for this role has been running around the Hollywood rumor mill for sometime with everyone from Tyrese, Ice Cube, The Game and most recently Common mentioned as the lead for the role. So it came to a surprise to many around here in Hollywood that Rampage was announced as BA. Well now it turns out the announcement came a bit too early as Rampage’s management flat out denies that he has secured the role. In other words…there still is no BA.

Do you think Rampage would be right for the role? Who would you guys like to see take the role of BA Baracus?

Twitter continues to be the go-to method for hip-hop stars around the globe to announce their latest contests, exclusives, etc. Now The Game is going this route as he has just announced a contest for a new rap group he is forming called The Goon Squad. Let’s hear it straight from him:

“IM STARTIN A WORLDWIDE SEARCH 4 THE DOPEST MCS MALE & FEMALE 2 FORM MY NEW GROUP ‘THE GOON SQUAD,’” today (July 15th).

“SEND ALL MUSIC 2 MYGOONSQUAD@GMAIL.COMThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it RT

DON’T FORGET TO INCLUDE 3 PHOTOS OF YOURSELF & YOUR BEST RECORD OR FREESTYLE. YOU GOT 1 SHOT ! ALL DEMOS & MUSIC WILL BE LISTENED TO “ONCE.”

“ARE YOU READY TO BE A GOON ??? IF SO, FOLLOW @THAGOONSQUAD & GET READY CUZ YOU ONLY GET “ONE SHOT” !!!! LOCK THE F%^& IN & RETWEET THIS…& FOR EVERYONE THAT SENDS MUSIC TO MYGOONSQUAD@GMAIL.COM

Yea you get the picture. So wanna be a goon with The Game? You know what to do. Twitter about it. Via: Drew Reports

The Game x House Arrest. Here are the first pics of The Game and Stacey Dash in their upcoming movie House Arrest. The film, described as a ‚Äúdramedy‚Äù by director Billy Washington, centers around a ‚Äúhigh maintenance girl who meets a quick money scheming man.‚Äù No word yet on release date or production details. This could be a direct-to-video here folks. Props to Bossip for the pics. Stacey is still looking good…

Casting is already coming together for the upcoming A-Team movie which will now be produced by Ridley and Tony Scott. Word is it will be more of a realistic action flick vs. campy/cheesy. Right now Liam Neeson is set to play the leader Hannibal, Brad Cooper (from The Hangover) is Face…but the one casting announcement everyone is waiting for is who will play B.A. Baracus?

Rumors have gone around from Tyrese, Ice Cube and recently Common was rumored to be a lock for the role. But now BlackFilm is reporting that The Game is intense talks with the filmmakers to take on the role of B.A. Since Common just took on his first leading role in the film Just Right, word is he might not have the time to take on the B.A. role as well.

This leaves The Game, who has a much smaller film resume but did star alongside Common in Street Kingsand definitely brings a tough rugged appeal that a modern day B.A. might have. It’s pretty obvious at this point that whoever gets the role, B.A. will most likely be a hip-hop artist so the filmmakers can capitolize and getting the urban demo to the theaters. Stay tuned for more…

The Game x NBA 2K10. The Game has a nice little deal here with 2K as he will be featured as the main artist for the upcoming NBA 2K10. Like all NBA 2K games, the soundtrack will feature a bunch of artists but they usually pick a handful to focus on. Getting someone like The Game to do a custom song is pretty big. Check the song over at 2DopeBoyz. Of course Kobe is reppin’ the West out here and will be gracing the cover.

The Game x House Arrest. The Game continues to try and develop his acting career and will be starring in the upcoming movie House Arrest with everyone’s favorite Clueless girl Stacey Dash. The film, described as a ‚Äúdramedy‚Äù by director Billy Washington, centers around a ‚Äúhigh maintenance girl who meets a quick money scheming man.‚Äù

Written by Andrea Weathersby, who also serves as an executive producer, the film is being executive produced by Cassius Vernon Weathersby. Weathersby has worked on such films as You Got Served andThe Great White Hope. The Game was last in the crime thriller Street Kings alongside Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker. No info yet about House Arrest’s filming schedule or distribution partner yet.

The Game x BWS Clothing.
The Game still might be slept on here in the U.S. but he has a huge fan base over in Europe. So big in fact that he has recently launched a Black Wall Street online store strictly for his Europe fans. At the new BWS site, customers can buy the latest BWS gear including hoodies, tees and more. Like most merchandise deals, The Game is enjoying a hefty profit margin on his clothing line as the shirts are cheap to reproduce and the labels don’t get a cut of profits as well.

Dub Magazine filmed this behind-the-scenes video of The Game showing off his car collection right here in Southern Cali which includes the Limited Edition Range Rover and a new Corvette. A new Corvette?? Eh…no comment. Everyone knows here on the West Coast it’s all about the Prius. West Siiiide! Via: Real Talk NY

The Game’s crew Black Wall Street just sent us this clip over the weekend. The Game is set to launch his newest collection of Black Wall Street clothing including tees, hoodies, the usual. They even threw together a little preview spot so you can check out what’s coming up soon. Black Wall Street clothing will all be available at the ThisIzGame.com store.

Way back in June, The Game hosted a contest where contestants could submit their best tattoo design and The Game would pick the winner and get that design as his next tattoo. Well in tonight’s episode of TLC’s “LA Ink,” The Game shows up and gets that winning tattoo. He also gets into talking about stopping his music career as he is turning into a “family man.” Check out the clips here and the full episode tonight at 10/9 Central on TLC.

The Game is set to release a DVD called Life After the Math, which you guessed it, is about his rise from the streets of Compton, his signing to Aftermath Records and then the much publicized and OVER talked about falling out. DVD comes out October 21st. Check out the trailer and ad compliments of Rizoh.

For the past month, Bow Wow and The Game have been trading online disses and straight up beef all for the sake of Madden 2009. Both artists claimed they were the kings of Madden which led to the inevitable showdown last night in Los Angeles. The Konsole Kingz hosted the much publicized Bow Wow vs. The Game Madden challenge, which even included a dedicated website hosting all the trash-talking clips between the two.

Madden 09 was played on the X-box 360, 5 min. quarters on All-Madden level but in the end it wasn’t even close. The Game had shut down Bow Wow 21-0 by the first quarter when Jermaine Dupri came by. But it was too late for Bow Wow to seek any inspiration from his former mentor and The Game ended up defeating Bow Wow 55-23. Now that the challenge is over what’s next? I say a 50 Cent vs. Young Buck Wii Bowling challenge is just what hip-hop needs next.

The Game and Bow Wow have both been known to talk trash on fellow hip-hop artists, but this time they are turning on each other. But they aren’t talking trash on each others lyrics, albums or even career success. This time it’s personal…this time it’s Madden 2009. Konsole Kingz, the undisputed champion of collaborating video games with hip-hop is hosting a Madden show-down between The Game and Bow Wow for $100,000. Konsole Kingz has developed a nice niche for themselves in the hip-hop space as they show hip-hop’s growing influence in the gaming industry. Check out the Bow Weezy vs. Game challenge video…

Street Kings did decent damage at the box office but it’s at DVD where urban action movies like these tend to do well. Here is the brand new DVD art courtesy of 20th Century Fox. You will notice The Game and Common get their own little section on the box complete with machine guns in hand. Street Kings comes to DVD on August 19th.