Rumors continue to spread that Rockstar may be working on a sequel to its 2006 gameBully,yet despite these rumors, the existence ofBully 2has remained a complete mystery. Rockstar’s is likely working on the next huge game to followRed Dead Redemption 2, but whether it’sBully 2orGrand Theft Auto 6or both remains a matter of speculation. In the midst of all the swirling rumors, some interesting details aboutBully 2, or what could have beenBully 2, have surfaced.
First things first, these new rumors are unrelated to the ones regarding thepotential current development ofBully 2. Those rumors are unique and whether they’re accurate or not have no ties to these new rumors. The new rumor claims thatBully 2did exist – in the early 2010s. According to anonymous sources, Rockstar started working onBully 2more than 10 years ago, but that development ultimately “fizzled out” sometime before 2013.
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According to information from two different anonymous sources, Rockstar’s co-founder Dan Houser and his team wrote a script forBully 2all the way back in 2008. That’s just two years after the release ofBullyand around the same window as the release of bothBully: Scholarship EditionandGrand Theft Auto 4. Rockstar New England, which worked on both those projects, is said to have picked up work onBully 2after 2010.
The rumor goes on that, over the course of 18 months, Rockstar New England put together a vertical slice demo of their idea forBully 2. This demo was built on Rockstar’s in-house engine and even featured some open-world gameplay. That, however, is the end of the story. Rockstar New England has since focused its efforts on major Rockstar Studios projects including majorGrand Theft AutoandRed Dead Redemption.
It’s certainly within reason for theseBully 2development rumors to be true. Prior to 2010, it was common for all of Rockstar’s satellite studios to work on their own projects. It was also around 2013, whenGrand Theft Auto 5was released, that Rockstar pulled its satellite studios into a more focused and cohesive structure. And in the process stopped working on the variety of projects it had before.
In the meantime, the possibility of a newBully 2game or aBullyremaster grows all the more interesting. There’s clearly interest within Rockstar to bringBullyback, and these new rumors insinuate that there’s preproduction material that could make launching a newBullyproject that much easier. It’s a rough situation for fans, knowing thatBullymight be inRockstar’s plans for a sequel, but not having the pedigree of aGrand Theft AutoorRed Dead Redemption. Rockstar could very well simply be done withBully.
Until Rockstar opens up about its future plans, the modern state ofBullyand a potentialBully 2remain rumor and nothing more.
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