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TheGamingLiberty is reporting that in an interview they conducted with Shawn Lee, the man behind the awesome original soundtrack in Bully, he let it slip that Bully 2 is in the works.

TGL: So far you’ve worked on two games, The Getaway and Bully, would you be open to composing for other games in the future?
Shawn Lee: “Yes. It looks like I will be doing the soundtrack for Bully 2 in the not so distant future….”

When asked about Bully 2, Rockstar replied with the standard "We do not comment on rumor and speculation". So it looks like we'll have to wait and see. What will be interesting to hear is who the developer is. Since Rockstar Vancouver, the original developers of Bully, are working on Max Payne 3, I'd venture to say that it's Rockstar New England. That is, unless, New England is still working on Spellweaver.

Source: TheGamingLiberty

As I reported last week, Rockstar sent a small version of the cover for Bully: Scholarship Edition for PC to several gaming sites. Today, I have gotten my hands on a much bigger version.

Late last month we reported that some news sources indicated that Rockstar quietly confirmed to them that Bully: Scholarship Edition was making the jump to PC at Leipzig. We thought it wouldn't take long until the big announcement by Take-Two in the form of a press release. Here we are now on the 18th day in September and still no press release about Bully: Scholarship Edition making the jump.

However, Rockstar has once again quietly confirmed the PC port again by updating the official website for Bully with the text "Coming October 21st to the PC". So if you were doubting the gaming news site, there you have it, October 21st release in North America, and a October 24th release in Europe.

Official Site: Bully

IGN has quietly posted a small version of the cover for the PC version of Bully: Scholarship Edition. Nothing too interesting here, pretty much the same as the 360 and Wii version covers, however, there is text towards the bottom of the cover. The text reads "Contains Original Soundtrack", which was released on CD around the time of the original game.

The version of the cover IGN has is very small, however, we are currently working on getting a bigger version. Stay tuned.

Source: IGN

It seems Bully is about to make the jump as well. Eurogamer is reporting that they seen a poster at Leipzig with the Bully logo and a nice piece of text that reads "Demnachst fur PC". In English? You guessed it, "Coming soon for PC". Now back when Grand Theft Auto IV for PC appeared on the ESRB site early, some people also reported seeing Microsoft Windows as one of the platforms for Bully. Rockstar has yet to comment on anything but it seems a pretty sure thing that Bully is coming to PC.

Source: Eurogamer

EDIT: The ESRB has just relisted Microsoft Windows under the platforms for Bully: Scholarship Edition. Perhaps an announcement really soon?

EDIT 2: According to IGN, the game will come out sometime in late October. Stay tuned for details.

This one almost slipped our radar. Rockstar Games is partnering with Bethesda Softworks to publish Bully in Japan. (Ironically, Bethesda Softworks worked with the now Rockstar New England to produce a Star Trek game) Despite Bully being also on the Wii system, the game will only be published for the Playstation 2 and the Xbox 360 consoles. Also, instead of the 360 version being called Bully: Scholarship Edition, it will simply be named Bully. It is unknown at the time if the Playstation 2 version in Japan will have the extra features from the "Scholarship Edition" because of them being called the same name. The game will be released on July 24, 2008. The Xbox 360 version will cost you somewhere around ¥ 7,140 and the Playstation 2 version will cost you around ¥ 5,040.

Official Site: Bully

Associated Press announced today that an Brazilian state has issued a ban on all sales of Bully. Judge Flavio Rabello has been the force behind the ban, ordering for sales to be stopped in Rio Grande do Sul, the most southerly part of the country in South American. His reasoning;

"The aggravating factor is that everything in [Bully] takes place inside a school."
"That is not acceptable."

The game is still being sold in some game distributors, as they say they were not aware of the ruling by the judge. However they won't be selling it much longer. Raise your hand if the constant banning of Rockstar's games over one or two persons personal opinions is getting a little, well, repetitive. I guess my question to Judge Rabello would have to be, why now? The PS2 version was never banned, however the Scholarship Edition has in some way angered him and led to a ban. What changed?

Rockstar have declined to comment on the banning at this stage, we'd expect a press release within the next week or two.

Source: GameZine

Microsoft has finally found the time to approve the long awaited patch for Bully: Scholarship Edition. The patch is now on Xbox Live. Just insert the disc and load the game. Your Xbox should give you a message that there is an update. Accept the message and wait for it to download. Once the game restarts, you should see "1.03" in the bottom right of your screen.

Last night, The Writers' Guild of Great Britain awarded Bully, Canis Canem Edit, with Best Video Game Script. Congratulations to everyone at Rockstar and Rockstar Vancouver!

Source: The WGGB Blog