<s>
Bully	B-Application
(	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
PAL	O
region	O
as	O
Canis	B-Application
Canem	I-Application
Edit	I-Application
;	O
Latin	O
for	O
"	O
dog	O
eat	O
dog	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Rockstar	O
Vancouver	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Rockstar	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
17	O
October	O
2006	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remastered	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
subtitled	O
Scholarship	O
Edition	O
,	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Mad	O
Doc	O
Software	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
4	O
March	O
2008	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
and	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
on	O
21	O
October	O
2008	O
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bully	B-Application
was	O
re-released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
available	O
via	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
on	O
22	O
March	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Scholarship	O
Edition	O
,	O
titled	O
Anniversary	O
Edition	O
,	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
War	O
Drum	O
Studios	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
on	O
8	O
December	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
in	O
the	O
fictional	O
town	O
of	O
Bullworth	O
,	O
the	O
single-player	O
story	O
follows	O
juvenile	O
delinquent	O
student	O
James	O
"	O
Jimmy	O
"	O
Hopkins	O
,	O
who	O
is	O
involuntarily	O
enrolled	O
at	O
Bullworth	B-Application
Academy	I-Application
boarding	O
school	O
for	O
a	O
year	O
,	O
and	O
puts	O
his	O
efforts	O
to	O
rise	O
through	O
the	O
ranks	O
of	O
the	O
school	O
system	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
put	O
a	O
stop	O
to	O
bullying	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
expected	O
violence	O
and	O
sexual	O
content	B-Application
were	O
initially	O
controversial	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bully	B-Application
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
,	O
with	O
praise	O
directed	O
at	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
missions	O
,	O
narrative	O
,	O
and	O
character	O
development	O
,	O
though	O
its	O
presentation	O
and	O
glitches	O
received	O
criticism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
version	O
of	O
Bully	B-Application
sold	O
over	O
1.5	O
million	O
copies	O
and	O
received	O
multiple	O
year-end	O
accolades	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bully	B-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
set	O
in	O
an	O
open	O
world	O
environment	O
and	O
played	O
from	O
a	O
third-person	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
the	O
story	O
,	O
Jimmy	O
progresses	O
through	O
6	O
chapters	O
and	O
through	O
the	O
ranks	O
of	O
the	O
school	O
groups	O
,	O
archetypes	O
include	O
Bullies	B-Application
,	O
Nerds	O
,	O
Preppies	O
,	O
Greasers	O
,	O
Jocks	O
and	O
Townies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
weapons	O
available	O
include	O
slingshots	O
,	O
bags	O
of	O
marbles	O
and	O
itching	O
powder	O
,	O
stink	O
bombs	O
,	O
firecrackers	B-Application
(	O
including	O
bottle	O
rockets	O
)	O
,	O
baseball	O
bats	O
,	O
planks	O
of	O
wood	O
,	O
and	O
spud	O
guns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bus	O
stops	O
located	O
in	O
various	O
locations	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
allow	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
quickly	O
travel	O
back	O
to	O
Bullworth	B-Application
Academy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
,	O
exclusive	O
to	O
Scholarship	O
Edition	O
on	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
and	O
Anniversary	O
Edition	O
,	O
has	O
two	O
players	O
compete	O
to	O
gain	O
the	O
highest	O
score	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
minigames	O
used	O
for	O
classes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bully	B-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
fictitious	O
town	O
of	O
Bullworth	O
situated	O
in	O
the	O
New	O
England	O
region	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
being	O
expelled	O
from	O
seven	O
previous	O
schools	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
protagonist	O
,	O
15-year-old	O
James	O
"	O
Jimmy	O
"	O
Hopkins	O
,	O
is	O
sent	O
to	O
the	O
town	O
's	O
prominent	O
private	O
boarding	O
school	O
,	O
Bullworth	B-Application
Academy	I-Application
,	O
for	O
a	O
year	O
while	O
his	O
mother	O
and	O
her	O
new	O
husband	O
go	O
on	O
their	O
honeymoon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
Happy	O
Volts	O
Asylum	O
,	O
a	O
psychiatric	O
institute	O
located	O
between	O
the	O
Blue	O
Skies	O
Industrial	O
Park	O
and	O
the	O
Bullworth	B-Application
Academy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
being	O
dropped	O
off	O
at	O
Bullworth	B-Application
Academy	I-Application
,	O
Jimmy	B-Application
Hopkins	I-Application
(	O
Gerry	O
Rosenthal	O
)	O
meets	O
the	O
school	O
's	O
principal	O
,	O
Dr.	O
Ralph	O
Crabblesnitch	O
(	O
Ralph	O
Gunderman	O
)	O
,	O
who	O
urges	O
him	O
to	O
"	O
keep	O
his	O
nose	O
clean	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
soon	O
befriends	O
senior	O
Gary	O
Smith	O
(	O
Peter	O
Vack	O
)	O
and	O
freshman	O
Peter	O
"	O
Petey	O
"	O
Kowalski	O
(	O
Matt	O
Bush	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
begins	O
working	O
with	O
them	O
to	O
try	O
and	O
assert	O
their	O
dominance	O
over	O
Bullworth	O
's	O
various	O
"	O
cliques	O
"	O
:	O
the	O
Bullies	B-Application
,	O
Nerds	O
,	O
Preppies	O
,	O
Greasers	O
,	O
Jocks	O
and	O
Townies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
an	O
increasingly	O
paranoid	O
Gary	O
eventually	O
betrays	O
Jimmy	O
and	O
pits	O
him	O
against	O
Russell	O
Northrop	O
(	O
Cody	O
Melton	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Bullies	B-Application
 '	O
leader	O
,	O
in	O
an	O
underground	O
fight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jimmy	O
defeats	O
Russell	O
and	O
forces	O
him	O
to	O
stop	O
picking	O
on	O
his	O
fellow	O
students	O
,	O
earning	O
the	O
Bullies	B-Application
 '	O
respect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
,	O
the	O
Jocks	O
are	O
humiliated	O
after	O
Jimmy	O
sabotages	O
their	O
big	O
football	B-Application
game	O
,	O
and	O
subsequently	O
defeats	O
their	O
leader	O
Ted	O
Thompson	O
(	O
Alexander	O
Cendese	O
)	O
in	O
a	O
fight	O
in	O
front	O
of	O
the	O
entire	O
school	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rockstar	O
announced	O
Bully	B-Application
in	O
May	O
2005	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
with	O
an	O
original	O
expected	O
release	O
date	O
of	O
October	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
information	O
released	O
by	O
Take-Two	O
Interactive	O
seemed	O
to	O
indicate	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
would	O
be	O
taking	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
bully	B-Application
,	O
and	O
screenshots	O
printed	O
in	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
showed	O
the	O
player-controlled	O
antagonist	O
administering	O
a	O
"	O
swirlie	O
"	O
and	O
throwing	O
a	O
punch	O
at	O
another	O
student	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
tone	O
of	O
the	O
final	O
game	O
was	O
different	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
player	O
in	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
problem	O
student	O
who	O
stood	O
up	O
to	O
and	O
fought	O
back	O
against	O
bullies	B-Application
,	O
often	O
bullying	O
on	O
behalf	O
of	O
the	O
victims	O
,	O
or	O
in	O
self-defense	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
uses	O
an	O
advanced	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
:	I-Application
San	I-Application
Andreas	I-Application
engine	O
through	O
RenderWare	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
pompous	O
school	O
principal	O
Dr.	B-Application
Crabblesnitch	I-Application
is	O
originally	O
introduced	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
antagonist	O
,	O
this	O
role	O
was	O
later	O
given	O
to	O
Gary	O
Smith	O
,	O
a	O
student	O
who	O
initially	O
befriends	O
Jimmy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
19	O
July	O
2007	O
,	O
Rockstar	O
announced	O
that	O
a	O
remaster	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
,	O
subtitled	O
Scholarship	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rockstar	O
New	O
England	O
,	O
then	O
called	O
Mad	O
Doc	O
Software	O
,	O
led	O
development	O
with	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
version	O
while	O
Rockstar	O
Toronto	O
ported	O
it	O
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
versions	O
were	O
released	O
on	O
4	O
March	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
additional	O
content	B-Application
which	O
is	O
not	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
,	O
including	O
missions	O
,	O
characters	O
,	O
school	O
classes	O
,	O
and	O
unlockable	O
items	O
and	O
clothing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
single	O
system	O
two-player	O
competitive	O
multiplayer	O
minigames	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
added	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Achievements	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
version	O
and	O
Wii	B-Device
Remote	I-Device
and	I-Device
Nunchuk	I-Device
motion	O
and	O
pointer	O
controls	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bully	B-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
12	O
March	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Bully	B-Application
had	O
sold	O
1.5	O
million	O
copies	O
according	O
to	O
Take-Two	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bully	B-Application
:	O
Scholarship	O
Edition	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
4	O
March	O
2008	O
for	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
21	O
October	O
2008	O
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
versions	O
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
gave	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
version	O
an	O
8/10	O
,	O
while	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
version	O
received	O
8.7/10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1UP.com	O
gave	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
version	O
an	O
A−	O
grade	O
and	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
version	O
a	O
B−	O
grade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplasma	O
gave	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
version	O
a	O
9/10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
Bully	B-Application
:	O
Scholarship	O
Edition	O
was	O
found	O
to	O
be	O
unstable	O
on	O
some	O
players	O
 '	O
consoles	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
glitches	O
,	O
crashes	B-Application
,	O
and	O
performance	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
2015	O
,	O
many	O
users	O
reported	O
constant	O
crashes	B-Application
and	O
errors	O
;	O
many	O
of	O
these	O
problems	O
were	O
addressed	O
by	O
an	O
unofficial	O
patch	O
released	O
by	O
a	O
fan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bully	B-Application
:	O
Scholarship	O
Edition	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
the	O
Best	O
Voice	O
Acting	O
award	O
for	O
an	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
game	O
at	O
IGN	O
's	O
Best	O
of	O
2008	O
awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Bully	B-Application
received	O
a	O
"	O
Platinum	O
"	O
sales	O
award	O
from	O
the	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
Leisure	O
Software	O
Publishers	O
Association	O
(	O
ELSPA	O
)	O
,	O
indicating	O
sales	O
of	O
at	O
least	O
300,000	O
copies	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bullys	O
title	O
and	O
gameplay	O
was	O
the	O
subject	O
of	O
controversy	O
among	O
parents	O
and	O
educators	O
who	O
noted	O
the	O
adult	O
content	B-Application
in	O
previous	O
Rockstar	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
:	I-Application
San	I-Application
Andreas	I-Application
Hot	O
Coffee	O
minigame	O
controversy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Classification	O
boards	O
generally	O
restricted	O
Bully	B-Application
to	O
a	O
teenage	O
audience	O
:	O
the	O
United	O
States-based	O
Entertainment	O
Software	O
Rating	O
Board	O
(	O
ESRB	O
)	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
T	O
rating	O
,	O
the	O
British	O
Board	O
of	O
Film	O
Classification	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
15	O
rating	O
,	O
the	O
Australian	O
Classification	O
Board	O
rated	O
it	O
M	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
New	O
Zealand	O
OFLC	O
restricted	O
it	O
to	O
people	O
13	O
years	O
of	O
age	O
and	O
over	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bully	B-Application
was	O
banned	O
in	O
Brazil	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
British	O
Labour	O
MP	O
Keith	O
Vaz	O
argued	O
that	O
Bully	B-Application
be	O
banned	O
or	O
reclassified	O
as	O
rated	O
18	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
before	O
its	O
publication	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
rated	O
15	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
both	O
the	O
ESRB	O
's	O
rating	O
and	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Bully	B-Application
,	O
Jack	O
Thompson	O
filed	O
a	O
lawsuit	O
attempting	O
to	O
have	O
the	O
game	O
banned	O
from	O
store	O
shelves	O
in	O
Florida	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thompson	O
's	O
petition	O
,	O
filed	O
with	O
the	O
11th	O
Judicial	O
Circuit	O
Court	O
,	O
asked	O
for	O
Wal-Mart	O
and	O
Take-Two	O
Interactive	O
to	O
furnish	O
him	O
with	O
an	O
advance	O
copy	O
of	O
Bully	B-Application
so	O
he	O
could	O
have	O
"	O
an	O
independent	O
third	O
party	O
"	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
determine	O
if	O
it	O
would	O
constitute	O
a	O
public	O
nuisance	O
in	O
the	O
state	O
of	O
Florida	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
case	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
banned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
13	O
October	O
2006	O
,	O
Judge	O
Ronald	O
Friedman	O
subsequently	O
ruled	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
shipping	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
content	B-Application
in	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
was	O
not	O
already	O
on	O
late	O
night	O
television	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2006	O
,	O
Michael	O
Pachter	O
,	O
managing	O
director	O
of	O
research	O
for	O
Wedbush	O
Morgan	O
Securities	O
,	O
predicted	O
that	O
Bully	B-Application
would	O
not	O
sell	O
well	O
enough	O
over	O
the	O
upcoming	O
holidays	O
to	O
warrant	O
a	O
sequel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Bully	B-Application
:	O
Scholarship	O
Edition	O
,	O
Mad	O
Doc	O
Studios	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Rockstar	O
in	O
April	O
2008	O
and	O
renamed	O
to	O
Rockstar	O
New	O
England	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Rockstar	O
New	O
England	O
,	O
the	O
studio	O
finished	O
off	O
Bully	B-Application
:	O
Scholarship	O
Edition	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
assisted	O
Rockstar	O
's	O
other	O
studios	O
in	O
supporting	O
the	O
DLC	B-Application
content	B-Application
for	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
IV	I-Application
,	O
and	O
in	O
support	O
of	O
Red	B-Application
Dead	I-Application
Redemption	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Near	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
this	O
period	O
,	O
Rockstar	O
had	O
greenlit	O
early	O
production	O
on	O
Bully	B-Application
2	O
at	O
Rockstar	O
New	O
England	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rockstar	O
New	O
England	O
had	O
created	O
a	O
vision	O
for	O
Bully	B-Application
2	O
that	O
aligned	O
with	O
Rockstar	O
's	O
larger	O
direction	O
in	O
developing	O
games	O
with	O
higher	O
prestige	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
started	O
with	O
GTA	B-Application
IV	I-Application
,	O
Red	B-Application
Dead	I-Application
Redemption	I-Application
and	O
L.A.	B-Application
Noire	I-Application
,	O
incorporating	O
new	O
narratives	O
and	O
technology	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
a	O
more	O
character-driven	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
former	O
Rockstar	O
New	O
England	O
employees	O
speaking	O
to	O
Game	O
Informer	O
,	O
the	O
entire	O
studio	O
of	O
between	O
50	O
and	O
80	O
employees	O
had	O
been	O
working	O
on	O
Bully	B-Application
2	O
at	O
one	O
point	O
,	O
developing	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
open-world	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
map	O
three	O
times	O
the	O
size	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
Bully	B-Application
and	O
approaching	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
in	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
:	I-Application
Vice	I-Application
City	I-Application
;	O
while	O
the	O
map	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
the	O
scale	O
of	O
GTA	B-Application
IV	I-Application
,	O
the	O
developers	O
were	O
planning	O
several	O
deep	O
systems	O
that	O
would	O
make	O
the	O
map	O
feel	O
bigger	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
having	O
many	O
more	O
buildings	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
entered	O
on	O
the	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
other	O
new	O
technology	O
systems	O
were	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
studio	O
,	O
which	O
ended	O
up	O
in	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Max	B-Application
Payne	I-Application
3	I-Application
and	O
Red	B-Application
Dead	I-Application
Redemption	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Former	O
developers	O
stated	O
this	O
had	O
about	O
six	O
to	O
eight	O
hours	O
of	O
content	B-Application
,	O
consistent	O
with	O
other	O
Rockstar	O
projects	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
about	O
two	O
to	O
three	O
years	O
from	O
a	O
final	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
Rockstar	O
did	O
not	O
state	O
anything	O
directly	O
,	O
something	O
had	O
changed	O
in	O
the	O
studio	O
's	O
attitude	O
according	O
to	O
former	O
developers	O
,	O
leading	O
up	O
to	O
Rockstar	O
laying	O
off	O
about	O
10%	O
of	O
Rockstar	O
New	O
England	O
in	O
June	O
2009	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
2010	O
they	O
started	O
pulling	O
staff	O
working	O
on	O
Bully	B-Application
2	O
onto	O
supporting	O
projects	O
from	O
other	O
Rockstar	O
studios	O
,	O
effectively	O
cancelling	O
further	O
development	O
on	O
Bully	B-Application
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rumors	O
and	O
comments	O
related	O
to	O
Bully	B-Application
2	O
still	O
persisted	O
after	O
this	O
point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2009	O
,	O
The	O
Gaming	O
Liberty	O
interviewed	O
musician	O
Shawn	O
Lee	O
,	O
who	O
scored	O
Bully	B-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
asked	O
if	O
he	O
was	O
scoring	O
any	O
more	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
near	O
future	O
;	O
he	O
responded	O
,	O
"	O
Yes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
looks	O
like	O
I	O
will	O
be	O
doing	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
for	O
Bully	B-Application
2	O
in	O
the	O
not	O
so	O
distant	O
future	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2011	O
,	O
in	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
Gamasutra	O
,	O
Rockstar	O
executive	O
Dan	O
Houser	O
revealed	O
that	O
the	O
studio	O
might	O
focus	O
on	O
a	O
sequel	O
for	O
Bully	B-Application
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Max	B-Application
Payne	I-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
So	O
we	O
knew	O
that	O
we	O
did	O
n't	O
want	O
to	O
start	O
doing	O
the	O
Bully	B-Application
sequel	O
instantly	O
at	O
that	O
second	O
with	O
Rockstar	O
Vancouver	O
even	O
though	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
property	O
that	O
,	O
like	O
Max	O
Payne	O
,	O
we	O
adore	O
and	O
might	O
come	O
back	O
to	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
we	O
said	O
,	O
'	O
You	O
can	O
do	O
Max	O
Payne	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
we	O
will	O
see	O
what	O
we	O
can	O
do	O
with	O
Bully.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
Dan	O
Houser	O
said	O
he	O
had	O
many	O
different	O
ideas	O
for	O
a	O
Bully	B-Application
sequel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
date	O
,	O
this	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
official	O
comment	O
on	O
a	O
Bully	B-Application
sequel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2019	O
,	O
Video	O
Games	O
Chronicle	O
published	O
a	O
story	O
based	O
on	O
inside	O
sources	O
corroborating	O
that	O
Rockstar	O
had	O
indeed	O
worked	O
on	O
Bully	B-Application
2	O
for	O
eighteen	O
months	O
before	O
cancelling	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Production	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
however	O
began	O
in	O
May	O
2010	O
,	O
shortly	O
after	O
Red	B-Application
Dead	I-Application
Redemption	I-Application
was	O
released	O
,	O
and	O
eventually	O
was	O
discontinued	O
sometime	O
before	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2013	O
as	O
the	O
project	O
did	O
not	O
get	O
much	O
traction	O
in	O
the	O
studio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
a	O
reported	O
small	O
slice	O
of	O
a	O
working	O
game	O
was	O
built	O
using	O
the	O
Rockstar	B-Operating_System
Advanced	I-Operating_System
Game	I-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
(	O
RAGE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
