Dan Houser, vice-president
of creativity for Rockstar Games, says the company “adores” cult
2006 title Bully and is waiting for the right time to begin
developing a sequel. Houser says it's a matter of scheduling, telling Gamasutra that “we will see
what we can do with Bully” after Bully developer
Rockstar Vancouver has finished work on Max Payne 3...
The Advertising Standards Authority has heard complaints about the TV advertisement for Bully: Scholarship edition on the wii. The advertisment showed Jimmy Hopkins using a slingshot, also 2 students giving another student a wedgie and a cook sneezing into a pot and others. According to the ASA a website over 30 people have complained about the Bully ad. Some of them said it was offensive and distasteful and it encourages bullying to occur, while others thought it was shown at bad times . The ASA also dismissed the complaints, Some might find the name and content of the game to be a very very bad taste, the content of the ad was not likly to cause serious offence.
A Brazilian judge has banned the sale of Rockstar's Bully.
Judge Flavio Rabello barred the sale of the game in Brazil (we're assuming that's all versions), following a request from a youth centre in Brazilian state Rio Grande do Sul.
The "aggravating factor" resulting in the Bully ban, says State prosecutor Alcindo Bastos, is the fact that "everything in the game takes place inside a school," which apparently isn't fair
Bully has taken a beating in Brazil, where a judge suspended sales of the video game on the grounds it is too violent for young children and teenagers, a prosecutor said Thursday. Judge Flavio Rabello prohibited the game from being imported, distributed, sold or promoted on Web sites or in stores in Latin America's largest nation, said Rio Grande do Sul state prosecutor Alcindo Bastos. Companies have 30 days to comply with the judge's order. Bastos said the judge found the game was inappropriate for children. The aggravating factor is that everything in the game takes place inside a school, Bastos said. That is not acceptable.
Rockstar Games announced today that it has completely purchased Mad Doc Software, the developer responsible for the recent port of Bully to the Wii and Xbox 360. In addition to purchasing the developer, Rockstar has re-branded the dev Rockstar New England.
Bully: Scholarship Edition, the revamped version of Bully/Canis Canem Edit is now available to buy for the Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360 at North American retail stores for a suggested retail price of $49.99. Europe will be getting it March 7th [Friday this week] with a retail price of around £29.99
A coalition of groups representing four million teachers from eight unions in several countries - Australia, Britain, Canada, South Korea, the Caribbean and the United States - is urging retailers to refuse to sell Bully: Scholarship Edition. Bully: Scholarship Edition features a shaven-headed teenager who adjusts to life at a new boarding school by harassing others, which the organizations say glorifies bullying. The abuse includes dunking pupils' heads in toilets, photographing them naked and physically assaulting them. Teachers are also targeted.
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