Rockstar Games allegedly cancelled Bully 2 in 2017

However, several rumors and leaks about a Bully continuation being in development made the rounds online since 2017, which gives many fans hope - it is not unheard of in the gaming industry that cancelled projects are later revived, or that what is broadly reported as a cancellation is just the studio hitting resent because things weren't shaping up just right.

If we collate different, contradictory reports that nonetheless all come from reputable sources, the complete picture looks something like this: in some shape or form, a sequel to Bully has been in development for years and years at Rockstar. In 2017, the project in its then-current form was cancelled or taken back to square one in a move that could be misconstrued as a cancellation, and a different direction was taken - which on paper still means that Bully 2 is in development. It's just a different incarnation of Bully 2.

Of course, reports from insiders and leakers could also simply be... wrong. It happens, and these reports should be taken with a grain of salt anyway - anything that isn't official news should be. Taking that into account though, we wouldn't write Bully 2 off just yet.