Their story is one of shifting company cultures, tech that would finally find its way into Rockstar games as late as 2018's Red Dead Redemption II, and disappointment over the way things went. To find out what exactly the studio was planning with Bully 2 and why it was ultimately let go in favor of other projects, we recently spoke to five former employees from Rockstar’s New England studio and one from its New York City headquarters, most of whom requested anonymity out of fear of repercussions from Rockstar. “Living in the shadows of someone who casts a big shadow like Rockstar North, and trying to usurp that role, it’s really difficult and nearly impossible. “ wanted to be sort of the golden child in the Rockstar thing, but it’s really hard when Rockstar North was the one that was producing all the golden eggs at that time,” one developer says. Rockstar New England’s Bully 2 was shelved in favor of other, more troubled projects in development, like Max Payne 3 and Red Dead Redemption.

They were excited to lead development on Bully 2, the sequel to Rockstar’s critically acclaimed open-world adventure about life in a private school.īut things don’t always go as planned, and other obligations on a release schedule get in the way of passion projects. They were excited for the chance to prove themselves as a Rockstar studio, having recently been purchased by the company. They were excited to push the company’s tech and to bring a cult hit into Rockstar’s vision for the future. For a while in the late 2000s, developers at Rockstar New England thought they were working on the next big Rockstar game.

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