Bully: Scholarship Edition

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...

ZeniMax Asia K.K. announced today that Bethesda Softworks will ship Bully for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation[Registered]2 computer entertainment system to Japanese retailers on July 24th. Bully, the critically-acclaimed title by Rockstar Games, allows you to experience the life of a troublesome schoolboy. With both single-player missions and 2 player mini games, you'll stand up to bullies, get picked on by teachers, play pranks on malicious kids, win or lose the girl, and ultimately learn to navigate the obstacles of the fictitious boarding school, Bullworth Academy. Originally released on the Xbox 360 in 2008 and the PlayStation[Registered]2 system in 2006, this is the first time the game will be available in the Japanese market.

So Take Two's conference has to come to an end and a few of Rockstar's titles made appearences including a brief montage of GTA IV, Bully and L.A. Noire, a new trailer of Midnight Club: LA and a brief teaser of the new Red Dead Revolver 2 game.

MCV: Viewers complain publisher's Bully promotion 'glorifies' and 'trivialises' violence

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.

Player complaints claim the patch is breaking more than it's fixing. Shortly after the release of Bully: Scholarship Edition for the Xbox 360 and Wii, 360 owners were noting that the game was susceptible to game freezes and various bugs taking place during regular play. Rockstar Games responded by saying it was horrified by problems in the retail build, and started putting together a patch to fix the issues found in the title. Last week, the patch went live and would automatically download the next time players signed into Live with the game. That's where the story ends, right? Unfortunately, that is not the case as Kotaku reports gamers are complaining that the patch is doing more harm than good, by not fixing the supposedly patched issues and even adding new problems, like audio stuttering and increased frequency of freezes. That being said, others are saying they have seen minimal problems before and after the patch, and some are experiencing smooth sailing after having troubles beforehand.

By the looks of it, last week's Bully: Scholarship Edition Xbox 360 patch hasn't fixed all of the "game breaking" bugs being experienced by players. According to complaints on Major Nelson's semi-official forum, Bully players are still experiencing multiple random freezes, choppy audio and graphical glitches. "We are very aware of the problems some people have been experiencing with the Xbox 360 version of Bully: Scholarship Edition and have

The highly awaited patch for the Xbox 360 version of Bully: Scholarship Edition was finally released today. However, even after downloading the patch there are still many complaints from gamers who continue to say the game suffers from audio problems, framerate issues and outright instances of locking up. So the question must be asked: Does the Bully patch not work?