Bully to hit Europe in Oct too

By Tom Bramwell Published 11 August, 2006

First trailer available.

Rockstar has confirmed that Bully's October release date applies to Europe as well - and released a trailer for the game.

Earlier this week a British Board of Film Classification spokesperson seemed to put the boot into the company's struggles with the controversial title, claiming - based on the ratings board's knowledge of submissions - that "it isn't anywhere near ready".

But speaking to Eurogamer yesterday, a spokesperson for the publisher not only confirmed the US October release date, but confirmed that the US and European dates would be very close together in late October - much as its Grand Theft Auto titles are often handled.

Since then the company has also released the first major trailer of the PlayStation 2 title, showing off plenty of in-game footage.

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Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (24) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • gizmo #1 6 years ago

    /Crystal Ball

    Trouble.

  • kangarootoo #2 6 years ago

    Hmmm, what I could glean from the trailer regarding gameplaym, with all this repeated talk of "I need you to get something for me, it kind of looks to be not much more than GTA set in a school.

    That may be a good thing, it may not.

  • ManicDrunkMonk #3 6 years ago

    Meh... seems a little dull. But i'm sure the controversy will make it sell by the bucket-load

  • Cyhwuhx #4 6 years ago

    .::: Gizmo is very right...

  • Steroyd #5 6 years ago

    oooh so it's against bullies not what every parent and their dog automatically assumed from a first impression.

    even though the first impression was the title bully.

  • Psi #6 6 years ago

    why don't rockstar create a game where you have to dig up and rape dead celebs or they'll turn into zombies!

    or how about one where you've got to kill all reality tv stars?

    Or a jack the ripper game where you carve up hookers?

    I just want a subgame where I can superglue gerry halliwells face to the bottom of a bath and turn the tap on tbh.

  • Furbs #7 6 years ago

    I've got a shit load of humble pie for the dozens of people who were slating this for letting you play the bully a few months back.

    All you can eat, for free.

  • Chtulie #8 6 years ago

    From the trailer, it actually looks like it's for once a game that has something to say.

    And it certainly doesn't seem like the expectations are true. The main character isn't the big bully at all, at best he's the top dog of the bullied. The new kid whogets the rejeted up top and destroys the established order. Kinda like a lot of those highschool films.

  • spongebob #9 6 years ago

    To me it doesn't look like a game that has something to say. It's just an another Rockstar homage, this time to high school movies and series. Even the trailer was so full of cliches. We'll see how it works out.

  • smoison #10 6 years ago

    Ill wait for GTA 4.....

  • faselei #11 6 years ago

    I was expecting a hardcore darts game a la table tennis.

  • spoodie #12 6 years ago

    That looks decidedly "meh". Same old shit in a different environment and the visuals are very ugly thanks to the increasing age of the PS2.

    But, like others have said, the hype will sell it.

  • Machetazo #13 6 years ago

    I'm pleased to see that there won't be a lengthy period between regional releases for this game. Looks to be a lot of fun. :)

    Furby writes: "Odd. The look of the school looks very English, although there appears to be cheerleaders, and thats very US."
    The game's set in the US, in case you were wondering.

  • Lex_Luthor #14 6 years ago

    Yeah! John Hughes the game!

  • geepersd #15 6 years ago

    it looks a lot like bullies are bullied themselves and depending on the light you view it in could easilly be seen as justifying bullying which probably won't go down too well in certain circles

  • asphaltcowboy #16 6 years ago

    I'm surprisingly interested now :]

  • NoQuarter #17 6 years ago

    It just looks like typical teen-movie material.

  • spongebob #18 6 years ago

    Gotta applaud Rockstar for trying some new genres. I am getting tired of all the B-action and RPG.

  • Sl1pstream #19 6 years ago

    "Gotta applaud Rockstar for trying some new genres."

    You're joking, right? This just looks like another mission-based action game, which isn't new at all. Unless you're talking about using a school as the setting, which has already been done by Harry Potter. It's not like they're being original in that trailer because it looks like every '80s teen comedy out there.

  • spongebob #20 6 years ago

    No, I am not joking. There hasn't been any games in a LONG time using this genre (school, teen angst). YOU have to be kidding even to mention Harry Potter.

  • Placebo #21 6 years ago

    Personally I'm looking forward to it, almost reminds me of playing Skool Daze and Back to Skool on the old rubber keyed Speccy :)

  • Sl1pstream #22 6 years ago

    "No, I am not joking. There hasn't been any games in a LONG time using this genre (school, teen angst)."

    But that's not a genre, it's just a theme. If there was a school-genre, you'd be studying math and history.

  • Isonic #23 6 years ago

    Ive been waiting for this game since last september when it was first announced.They have kept on delaying it and to find out that its a garentee for october has got'en me all exited.Im gonna preorder it as soon as the preorder button comes up on play.com.This is too all those jackasses who are completely slating this game befor its even got on the shelvs.This game is a first of its kind,i mean the whole school genre thing.And the fact that you can now beat up bullys gets me all syked.Trust rockstar,when have they ever let you down(apart from state of emergency which was the biggest load of crap ive ever played).And to think,school geeks can now take out their anger on bullys in this game.Every ones a winner!

  • Isonic #24 6 years ago

    woops i apoligise sl1pstream i meant ''school theme''