Aside fromGrand Theft Auto VIorRed Dead Redemption 3that doesn’t seem impossible to happen in the future, fans of Rockstar Games have always wanted a sequel toBully, but they have never heard anything official aboutBully 2, except for leaks and rumors. Now, some new leaks suggest that the game has been canceled back in 2017.
Tez2 and Yan2295 are two former Rockstar Games insiders that tend to leak some details about the company’s future or previous plans every now and then. Ina recent comment by Tez2, he claimed that the pre-production phase forGrand Theft Auto VIstarted in 2015, and then slowed down in 2017 due to the big load of work that was required forRed Dead Redemption 2andBully 2. However, the team somehowdecides to cancelBully 2and share the focus onGrand Theft Auto VIandRed Dead Redemption 2one year prior to its launch in 2018. It’s worth noting that Yan2295 confirmed Tez2’s claimin a comment on Reddit.
If it turns out to be true, it’s sad thatBully 2has been sacrificed for working on two giant projects. Apparently, the game had been canceled in 2009 and 2013 as well, due to similar problems.
Now, it’s over two years since the launch ofRed Dead Redemption 2, and fans assume that Rockstar Games is working on the next iteration of theGrand Theft Autoseries as their next project. However, while the former insiders believe that the game has almost passed 60 to 70 percent of the development stage, Jason Schreier insists thatGrand Theft Auto VIis in the early stages of development and it won’t be launched anytime soon.
Regarding the fact thatGrand Theft Auto Vwill be released for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in 2021, maybe it’s more reasonable to think thatGrand Theft Auto VIwouldn’t be available in the next few years.
In the end, we ask you to take all the leaks above with a grain of salt as it’s always hard to believe anything about the internal plans of Rockstar Games.
