Crime Life: Gang Wars is an action video game developed by Hothouse Creations and published by Konami. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The game is a fictionalized simulation of gang wars, with the gameplay focused on street fights involving multiple gang members at once. The player has several weapons they can use, including baseball bats, lead pipes, hammers, and guns. The game includes over 25 story-mode missions, as well as some free-play missions. A free roam gameplay style is also available, similar to the style seen in the popular game Grand Theft Auto. The free roam areas are relatively small but can prove useful when trying to locate your fellow gang members. The game's music is all hip-hop, reflecting the urban and hip-hop atmosphere of the game. There are various methods of earning money, ranging from mugging to burglary. The soundtrack of the game is provided by the hip-hop group D12, who also contributed their likenesses and voices for some of the game's key characters. The game has been cited for combining free-roam elements similar to Grand Theft Auto, and beat 'em ups similar to Final Fight. Storyline The player starts as Tre, a citizen of the impoverished Hood district in Grand Central City. As a Hood resident, his dream is to become a member of Outlawz, the local gang. To get accepted by the gang boss, Big Dog, Tre has to run a few missions that involve killing people. As the story progresses, Tre finds himself a bona fide Outlaw with a few gang members to follow him around. Plot During the press release, the developers stated that the game's main objective is for the player to "protect his people from exploitation and abuse and defend his crew from violence and treachery that permeates the society he lives in." The game takes place in the fictional Grand Central City, which is in turmoil due to rampant gang wars. The protagonist, Tre, becomes a rookie member of the Outlawz, who was once the most powerful gang in the city but now are threatened by a rival gang known as the Headhunterz. Tre's mission is to restore the Outlawz to their former glory. The gang clashes with the police, as well as two more rival gangs, the KYC and the Pogue Mahones. Upon discovering that the Outlawz' leader, Big Dog, plans to abandon them to join