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The most underappreciated game Rockstar ever made is just $5 right nowMar 26, 2024 - PCGamesNWith Grand Theft Auto 6 finally on the horizon, now's a good time to look back at Rockstar Games' catalog. While series like Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto are bound to get the most attention from players looking to revisit some of the studio/publisher's past work, there's another open world game starring a remorseless delinquent terrorizing a swath of the United States worth checking out. That game's Bully: Scholarship Edition and it's 65% off on Steam right now. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Forget Bully 2 - this patch gets the original Bully running crash-free Bully 2 "never got off the ground," according to reports Casting calls hint that Rockstar is casting Bully 2 Bully 2 may have been killed by stretching resources too thin, layoffs – reportDec 30, 2021 - VG247Game Informer’s Blake Hester published a detailed report all about the Bully 2 that might have been and what led to the studio developing the sequel’s downfall. In short, Rockstar New England was pulled in multiple directions to the point where Bully 2 was no longer the focus of the developers who worked there. Rockstar New England, which was purchased by Rockstar when the former was Mad Doc Software and was responsible for the next-gen remaster of the first Bully at the time, had ambitious plans for the sequel, a bigger, more characterized game that could stand alongside L.A. Noire and Grand Theft Auto 4 as a grand tentpole release worthy of the Rockstar name. It was not to be, though, as the studio got pulled in multiple directions, called on to assist with projects like Red Dead Redemption and Max Payne 3 and immersed in the crunch culture that came with working on those games. This caused many developers at Rockstar New England to leave, but the studio was also hit with layoffs, ensuring that Bully 2 wouldn’t see the light of day. It’s a shame, too, because the game was “six to eight hours playable”, though not shippable at that point. Read more Rockstar co-founder and head writer Dan Houser is leavingFeb 5, 2020 - Rock, Paper, Shotgun After 21 years as a Rockstar Games big cheese, Dan Houser will leave the company in March. He’s co-written almost every Rockstar game since 1999, including Grand Theft Auto from London through to V, Bully, Max Payne 3, and the Red Dead Redemptions. That’s made him a big influence on the tone of Rockstar’s games. I wonder how that might change once he’s moved on. Where he’s going and what he’ll do next, we don’t know. He can probably afford to eat pizza while watching Heat on loop the rest of his life, to be honest. (more…) The 7 most needless minigamesNov 22, 2019 - Rock, Paper, Shotgun One Off The List is our weekly list feature. Is there something you think doesn t deserve to be on this list? Comment with your reasons why, and next week it may be let off. Minigames are the coffee Revel of videogames. They are harmless, infrequent and unpleasant to think about. We accept their presence, yet no one has ever eaten a pack of Revels and wished for more coffee nuggets. Nobody completed Final Fantasy X and thought: Needs more Blitzball . That minigames exist as a mild distraction inside the glowing guts of other games is itself ridiculous. Imagine you were on a golf course, and hole 12 turned out to be its own 8-hole pitch n putt. This is stupid, you d think, and then you would play pitch n putt for the rest of the day in a mindless stupor. Here are the 7 most gratuitous minigames – but do they all deserve to be here? (more…) Beating the BullyOct 10, 2019 - EurogamerMike Skupa doesn't ship games often - two in the last 16 years - but when he does, you take notice. He was the design director of undercover cop game Sleeping Dogs, and one of two principal designers on Rockstar's back-to-school classic Bully, both still loved by fans today. Seven years after Sleeping Dogs released and three years on from developer United Front Games' collapse, he's finally ready to talk about what he's been cooking up. But as eager as I am to hear about his next game (and don't worry, we'll get into that later), I'm keen to find out how he reflects on the ups and downs of his career so far. His successes haven't come easy: the joy of creating Bully was only made possible by 80-hour work weeks that left him burnt out, he tells me. The "fairy-tale" release of Sleeping Dogs was followed by years of uncertainty and aborted projects, culminating in him being told, with no notice, that the studio was out of cash. Last month, I spent an afternoon with him in Vancouver's Chinatown, where his new company Brass Token is based, to make sense of it all. He told me how paper rounds and bottle rocket wars inspired Bully's design, how he came to dislike Rockstar's "company-first" culture, how being kept in the dark about United Front's finances made its closure hurt even more, and how he's pouring the last 20 years - the lessons, the struggles, and the grief of lost loved ones - into an unannounced story-driven third-person horror game targeting a release in 2020. Read more Have You Played Bully: Scholarship Edition?Oct 9, 2019 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunHave You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. Rockstar get a lot of praise for their big creaking flagships, Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption. But I ll be honest, y all: neither series really grabbed me. I toyed with many a GTA, and I dabbled a bit in the rootin tootin wild west of RDR. But I didn t finish any of them, eventually growing bored every time. A Rockstar game I did finish, however, was Bully. (more…) Daily Deal - Bully: Scholarship Edition, 75% OffApr 11, 2016 - AnnouncementToday's Deal: Save 75% on Bully: Scholarship Edition!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Wednesday at 10AM Pacific Time Daily Deal - Bully: Scholarship Edition, 75% OffDec 16, 2015 - AnnouncementToday's Deal: Save 75% on Bully: Scholarship Edition!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Friday at 10AM Pacific Time Daily Deal - Bully: Scholarship Edition, 75% OffAug 19, 2014 - AnnouncementToday's Deal: Save 75% on Bully: Scholarship Edition!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Thursday at 10AM Pacific Time Daily Deal - Bully: Scholarship Edition, 75% OffDec 17, 2013 - AnnouncementToday's Deal: Save 75% on Bully: Scholarship Edition!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Thursday at 10AM Pacific Time 'Bully Bullworth Academy' trademark filedNov 25, 2013 - ShacknewsCult favorite Bully has gotten another trademark registration, signaling a possible sequel. Take-Two Interactive filed a trademark in Europe for the title "Bully Bullworth Academy: Canis Canem Edit."Bully sequel could go 'a lot of directions,' says RockstarSep 25, 2013 - ShacknewsBully has become a cult favorite, trading the studio's usual crime drama motifs for a simpler story about a kid dealing with the pressures of teenage life. Rockstar's Dan Houser says he'd still love to make a sequel, though it wouldn't go in the direction fans might think.Bully trademark registered by Take-TwoJul 30, 2013 - ShacknewsWhile it may not have been the runaway success of its other open world games, Rockstar's Bully is still beloved by many. Parent Take-Two Interactive has filed a new trademark application for Bully, making curious types wonder if the company is considering a follow-up to the long-dormant IP. The trademark application was filed yesterday, nearly seven years since the game's original release. Gamespot notes that a Bully sequel was tabled to work on Max Payne, with Rockstar head Dan Houser telling now-shuttered dev Rockstar Vancouver: "You can do Max, and then we will see what we can do with Bully." A sequel has been rumored ever since the game's composer name-dropped one. That was four years ago. Daily Deal - Bully: Scholarship Edition, 75% OffJul 3, 2013 - AnnouncementToday's Deal: Save 75% on Bully: Scholarship Edition!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends July 4th at 10AM Pacific Time Rockstar Vancouver closing, absorbed by Rockstar TorontoJul 9, 2012 - ShacknewsRockstar Vancouver is being dismantled, Take-Two Interactive announced today. The 35-person team, best known for its work on Bully, is being offered new positions at Rockstar Games, specifically the expanded Rockstar Toronto studio. The plan is to bring all of Rockstar's Canadian development talent "together under one roof." In a press release, Rockstar VP Jennifer Kolbe said that "a single Canadian team will make for a powerful creative force on future projects." A larger, custom-built facility in Oakville, Ontario will house the expanded Rockstar Toronto team. The expansion is being supported by the Ontario government, although financial details are not being divulged. The new Toronto team will be able to offer 50 new jobs as part of this "strategic partnership with the Ontario government." Both Rockstar Vancouver and Toronto most recently worked on Max Payne 3. Daily Deal - Bully: Scholarship Edition 75% off!Nov 30, 2011 - AnnouncementToday's Deal: Save 75% off Bully: Scholarship Edition Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! Rockstar: we "adore" BullyNov 18, 2011 - EurogamerRockstar loves Bully, and has revealed it may return to it for a sequel once Max Payne 3 is released. Bully launched on PlayStation 2 in 2006 (as Canis Canem Edit in Europe), then in 2008 was released on PC, Wii and Xbox 360. It is a third-person action game, developed principally by Rockstar Vancouver. It caused controversy, as Rockstar games often do, particularly among politicians and parents. UK Labour MP Keith Vaz was a staunch critic, and called for it to be banned. Currys and PC World both refused to stock it. Critics, however, loved it. Eurogamer's Bully review smacked a 9/10. Nothing has been heard since, but in an interview with Gamasutra, Rockstar executive Dan Houser said the Grand Theft Auto maker is still keen on Bully - and will look at it again once Max Payne 3 is out the door. "Contrary to a lot of people, we like to take a little bit of time at the end of a game before starting a sequel, so we can wait for the excitement or disappointment and everything else of the experience to shake down and really see what we should do in the next game," he said. "So we knew that we didn't want to start doing the Bully sequel instantly at that second with those guys -- even though it is a property that, like Max, we adore and might come back to in the future. There was just no impetus to do that then. "So we said, 'You can do Max, and then we will see what we can do with Bully.'" Gamers' Voice slams Keith VazMay 23, 2011 - EurogamerUK gamer rights group Gamers' Voice has attacked notorious anti-video game MP Keith Vaz for tabling an "amateurish" early day motion. Vaz's early day motion, titled "Video games and young people", reads: "That this House welcomes the call by Shigero Miyamoto, creator of Super Mario, for people to drop their joypads and venture out into the sunlight once in a while; recognises that video games have addictive properties; notes that children flourish when they undertake a variety of extra-curricular experience; further notes the current Hungarian EU Presidency priority of protecting minors from harmful audiovisual media content in media legislation; is concerned about the potential impact of violent video games on those under 18; and calls on the Government to ensure the purchase of video games by those under 18 is carefully controlled and that parents are encouraged to limit the amount of time children spend on video games." "Our issue with the EDM is its amateurish delivery and reactionary tone," Gamers' Voice said in a statement issued this morning. "To declare that the people who play video games are all pale skinned recluses who shun social interaction is both absurd and insulting. "It is also an outdated way of thinking and a view we at Gamers' Voice have done our utmost to eradicate. "Besides, would Mr Vaz be equally as critical of children who spent their days pouring through poorly written fantasy books about boy wizards and teenage vampires? Probably not. After all, reading fiction is an acceptable pass time. Spending similar amounts of time playing of video games however can only lead to ruin. That is if Mr Vaz is to be believed, at any rate." Vaz is no stranger to video game controversy, and has long been a strong anti-video game campaigner. He has criticised a number of video games, including Manhunt, Manhunt 2, Bully and Counter-Strike. But in January Vaz told Eurogamer: "I've never been against games". "I've been against violent games that are able to fall into the hands of young people who are perhaps not able to understand the implications of what they're doing," he said. Gamers' Voice calls on its members to support a motion calling for the research and development tax credits allowed for the games industry to be widened.

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