Well here's something I didn't expect to be writing in a million years: World-renowned hip hop artist Soulja Boy will be added to Lucky Kat Studio's Beat Street [Free] as a playable character. Yes, this is really happening. As the story goes, late last year Mr. Boy reached out to Lucky Kat via Twitter DM to tell the studio how much he enjoyed playing their game, and asked if it might be possible to be featured as a playable character. Of course, when you're talking about a celebrity like Soulja Boy you'd have to be crazy to say no! It also doesn't hurt that Soulja Boy fits in very nicely with the "street" aesthetic of the game. I mean heck, one of the bosses in Beat Street is just a parody of 50 Cent, having another rapper enter the fray is just par for the course. Here's Souja Boy mixing it up with some baddies in the game.
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Man, I hope someday I become cool enough I can be added into video games just by asking. (Well, there was that one time.) Soulja Boy will be arriving in Beat Street next week on March 7th and he'll be offered as a $2.99 IAP. As for the Beat Street game itself, in case you were unaware I'm slightly obsessed with it. I included it in my personal Best Games of 2017 list and play it every day without fail. Lucky Kat has captured the essence of what made these beat 'em ups so fun back in the '80s and '90s, namely satisfying combat mechanics and decent enemy behavior, but they've stretched it into ...