Bully

- Playstation 2

ON OTHER PLATFORMS: Xbox, Playstation 2

GAME INFO
publisher: Rockstar Games
developer: Rockstar Games
genre: Action Adventure

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
n/a

ESRB rating: T
homepage:
www.rockstargames.com/bully/

release date: Oct 17, 06 (released)

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ACTIONTRIP'S REVIEW Rockstar has with Grand Theft Auto, essentially perfected what people want to see in an RPG, and has pretty much set the bar for any game that tries to satirize the modern day. Plenty of minigames, a good story, lots of places to explore, interesting characters and great dialog...

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Sep 11, 2009

Kurt Cobain Guitar Hero 5 Mess
Courtney Love recently expressed her discontent regarding the appearance of her late husband (Kurt Cobain) in Guitar Hero 5. Surprisingly enough, Activision says that she was the one who signed the agreement for the deal (!?!) - okay, guys, maybe she was sloshed at the time.

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»	Sep 15, 2008 Bully: Scholarship Edition Confirmed for PC Looks like it's back into the shoes of 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins, yet again. Yes, looks like reports from this year's GC in Leipzig were accurate. Bully: Scholarship Edition is indeed on its way to the PC. » MORE

Aug 21, 2008

Bully & EndWar PC-Bound
There were some reports that Rockstar's Bully: Scholarship Edition will be heading to PCs, albeit the developers did not confirm it. Recently though, a poster was sighted inside Rockstar's booth on the show floor of the GC 2008, indicating that Bully: SE will indeed be made for the PC.

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»	May 21, 2008 Jack Thompson Guilty of Misconduct Old Jackie-Boy Thompson (or the Jackorogh if you will) is in a bit of trouble. The judge who presided over Thompson's Bar trial recommended that the attorney be found guilty of misconduct. » MORE

»	Apr 11, 2008 Bully Doesn't Make it to Brazil Back in March, Bully: Scholarship Edition was released in the United States and received mixed reviews. While the game itself was buggish, it was marked as one of the top-selling titles in recent UK charts. » MORE

»	Apr 04, 2008 Rockstar Buys Mad Doc Rockstar Games announces the formation of Rockstar New England "through the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Andover, MA-based Mad Doc Software, one of the premier independent development studios in North America. » MORE

Mar 21, 2008

Patch Fixes Bully (360), Causes New Problems?
Yesterday a patch arrived to Xbox LIVE, allegedly fixing technical issues in the Xbox 360 version of Bully: SE. While users continue to complain that the patch doesn't do a good job of addressing the issues in question and some even noticed that the update causes audio glitches, which weren't present before.

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»	Mar 20, 2008 Promised Bully: SE Patch Hits LIVE Rockstar promised a patch that fixes those annoying issues in the Xbox 360 version of Bully: Scholarship Edition. They reassured players who experienced these problems that the patch will be released in one week. » MORE

»	Mar 18, 2008 Current US and UK Best Sellers Nintendo happily declared that their latest Wii title, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, sold over 1.4 million across the territory of North America. The latest Amazon charts show that Wii games are still selling like hot cakes in the US. » MORE

Mar 17, 2008

Bully: Scholarship Edition (360)
In preparation for GTA IV, Rockstar treats us to an enhanced version of their action adventure Bully, originally released for the PlayStation 2. On a brief side-note, Rockstar also planned to release the game on the first Xbox console, but the game got canceled for undisclosed reasons.

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»	Mar 14, 2008 Mornin' 08 I'm seriously starting to get into the spirit of Bully: Scholarship Edition. If I'm not out there getting into mischief, I'll probably be in the girls dorm. » MORE

»	Mar 06, 2008 Rockstar Apologizes, Works to Fix Bully (360) Issues Since Rockstar released its title Bully: Scholarship Edition, certain Xbox 360 owners began complaining about numerous technical problems that are currently present in the game. » MORE

»	Mar 07, 2008 Rest Assured, Bully 360 Fixed Next Week Rockstar was serious when they said they'd address issues which a number of aggravated users have been complaining about recently. It appears they are about to provide a solution. » MORE

»	Jan 21, 2008 UK Retailers Say 'No' to Bully Again Rockstar is no stranger to video game controversy; GTA and Manhunt being the prime examples, of course. Next to those two popular franchises, Rockstar also had difficulties with their PS2 action-adventure, Bully. » MORE

»	Jul 20, 2007 Bully Coming to 360, Wii Even though it received a lot of critical acclaim, the game wasn't exactly a smash hit in the sales charts. Rockstar's Bully is making a comeback though with Bully: Scholarship Edition for the 360 and Wii, with tweaked visuals and some new content. » MORE

Mar 19, 2007

Take-Two Sues Thomson, Lawyer Calls for "Divine Aid"
The tables have turned and the hunter has now become the prey. Publisher Take-Two is protecting its interest by filing a lawsuit against Miami attorney, Jack Thomson, whose efforts in the past few years made him practically infamous within the gaming community.

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Jan 05, 2007

No Bully Sequel?
Expecting a Bully sequel? Yes? Well, guess again, because it looks like some people are skeptical about that. Speaking to GamePolitics, analyst Michael Pachter expressed his doubts regarding Rockstar's potential release of Bully 2 - despite the game's critical acclaim.

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»	Jan 04, 2007 Thompson Going After GTA IV Florida lawyer Jack Thompson is starting early this year with yet another anti-game campaign, which, this time, has Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV in its crosshair. » MORE

»	Oct 23, 2006 Jack Thompson to Face Contempt Charge Could it be that someone will hold the Florida hack lawyer Jack Thompson accountable for his attempts to ban Rockstar's game 'Bully?' It is a possibility. » MORE

»	Oct 19, 2006 British Prime Minister Criticized Over 'Bully' Well he survived the Iraq crisis, but can he weather the 'Bully' crisis as well? Following up the banning of Bully by British retailers, UK BM Tony Blair faced criticism from Parliament members over the Rockstar title. » MORE

Oct 18, 2006

Take-Two Founder Leaves Company As 'Bully' Ships
Whether this is somehow related to the shipping of Rockstar's (unjustly labeled?) controversial title 'Bully,' or not is largely unknown, but the fact remains that Take-Two Interactive founder as well as its former chairman and CEO, Ryan Brant, has resigned from the company as the game shipped to stores.

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Oct 17, 2006

UK Retailer Refuses to Stock 'Bully'
Despite the game getting a green light to ship in the US (namely following the recent ruling by the Florida court) The Sun Online is reporting that British retailer Currys is refusing to stock 'Bully,' now called 'Canis Canem Edit' (Dog Eat Dog in English) in the UK.

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Oct 12, 2006

Florida Judge to Watch 'Bully' Being Played by Rockstar Rep.
Gamepolitics is reporting about a new development in the ongoing 'Bully' hearings in Florida. Incredibly, Judge Ronald Friedman of the Third District Court of Appeals intends on watching the game being played by a Take-Two/Rockstar representative before ruling on the claim that the game is a "public nuisance.

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»	Sep 19, 2006 At the Game Movies We've got several new game trailers lined up for today. Most notably, the latest trailers from Rockstar's "T" rated Bully. Also, new Medieval 2: Total War and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance movies. » MORE

»	Sep 15, 2006 ESRB Gives 'Bully' Teen Rating This made me lol. You know what rating Rockstar's Bully got? C'mon, guess. "T" rating! Ha! It's official on the ESRB site. This still doesn't mean that Bully is not a "murder simulator. » MORE

»	Sep 05, 2006 Edinburgh Uni. Creating Anti-Bully Game ROFLCOPTER! A consortium of nine universities, led by Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University, have announced the development of a new game that hopes to teach children how to counter and control real world bullying situations. » MORE

»	Aug 29, 2006 New 'Bully' Info Surfaces The folks over at FiringSquad offer an overview of a Bully story that was ran in the Game Informer magazine. The article offers more substantial info about Rockstar's upcoming controversy magnet. » MORE

»	Aug 21, 2006 The Prophecy Today's comic is inspired by this appearance on G4TV, and other news relating to that lawyer's crusade against Rockstar's "Bully." » MORE

»	Aug 17, 2006 Wal-Mart Scared of "Bully" The Register is reporting some rather disturbing news: "Wal-Mart has stopped taking pre-orders for the controversial Bully computer game following a legal demand for evidence to be used in a lawsuit against the firm, the petitioner claimed. » MORE

Aug 02, 2006

Bully Still in Development
Rockstar confirms to Eurogamer.net that despite the rising controversy surrounding their games, Bully, the upcoming school bullying game (for lack of a better explanation) under development by the company's Vancouver studio, is still set for release in 2006.

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Jul 10, 2006

Bully Delayed?
Possibly somewhat connected to the previous news item, EBGames now shows a December 1, 2006 release date for the company's controversial new game Bully (a game about essentially being a school bully and picking on other kids), as opposed to a previous release date of early August from the retailer.

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»	Mar 13, 2006 Starforce Saga Continues This is hilarious stuff, and it's the motivation for today's Mornin' post. Apparently, an admin on the Starforce forums included in a post a link to an active torrent file trading link for the recently released Galactic Civilizations 2. » MORE

Nov 05, 2005

Warren Spector Knocks Rockstar
Gamecloud is reporting via WHAM! Gaming that at this past week's Montreal International Game Summit, Warren Spector, the man behind the Deus Ex and System Shock series, attacked Rockstar Games for creating titles like the Grand Theft Auto series that, in his own words, were the "ultimate urban thuggery simulation".

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Sep 08, 2005

Rockstar's "Bully" Delayed
How this appeared on MTV of all places, I don't know. "Take-Two Interactive, parent company of "Grand Theft Auto" maker Rockstar Games, announced on Wednesday (September 7) it was delaying shipment of Rockstar's latest hot-button game, the reform-school brawler "Bully.

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»	Aug 03, 2005 Bully to blacken Rockstar's other eye? Gamespot has an article up suggesting that, in lieu of the Hot Coffee fiasco, Rockstar's upcoming game, Bully, might be, "a knockout punch designed to push the publisher up against the ropes. » MORE

Jul 22, 2005

AMD Loses QuakeCon To Intel
theinquirer is reporting that AMD has lost sponsorship of the QuakeCon event to their archi rivals, Intel. From the article: "As the official CPU and title sponsor of QuakeCon 2005, Intel will be providing its Extreme Edition tournament systems and servers to host the tournament and bring your own computer (BYOC) games.

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»	May 09, 2005 Rockstar Announces Bully Rockstar has announced a new game and this one has a pretty interesting concept: Rockstar has announced Bully, which is going to be released in October 2005 for the PS2 and the Xbox. » MORE

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