Rockstar set to Bully Xbox 360 and Wii

Mike Bantick
Wednesday, 25 July 2007 03:20

Your IT - Entertainment

Quick hide! Bully: Scholarship Edition is bashing its way onto the Microsoft Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii.

Having had the PS2 beaten into submission with last years release of Bully, known as Canis Canem Edit in some countries, now Rockstar games intend to bring the surprising depth of the school yard sim to Xbox 360 and up to now innocent Nintendo Wii.

From the press release;

Rockstar Games is proud to announce that Bully: Scholarship Edition is coming to the Xbox 360(tm) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the Wii(tm) home video game system from Nintendo this (southern) Summer.

Both the Wii and Xbox 360 versions will retain the wit and deep gameplay of the previously released PlayStation(r)2 computer entertainment system title and will boast additional new content. Bully: Scholarship Edition takes place in the fictional New England boarding school of Bullworth Academy, and tells the story of 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he experiences the highs and lows of adjusting to a new school. Capturing the hilarity and awkwardness of adolescence perfectly, Bully: Scholarship Edition pulls the player into its cinematic and engrossing world. Universally acclaimed upon first release, Bully: Scholarship Edition is a genre-crossing action game with a warmth and pathos that is unrivaled.

Bully received a perfect "10/10" from Electronic Gaming Monthly and 1up.com and was heralded as "a great, well-crafted action game that has one of the best senses of humor around" by IGN.com. USA Today called it "a fantastic debut title by Rockstar Vancouver." The San Francisco Chronicle wrote "Bully has no shortage of creative energy, offering an immersive boarding school experience that is imaginative, funny and filled with surprises."

Come and explore the zealous joy, mirth, and torment of youth with Jimmy Hopkins and Bully: Scholarship Edition when enrollment commences this southern summer.