10 Obvious Video Game Remasters The Industry Is Ignoring

10. Bully

In 2006, Rockstar released Bully (known in the UK as “Canis Canim Edit”) to positive reviews. It was a bold proposition, syphoning the studio’s style into a really unique setting; taking GTA’s criminal empire into a morally grey school where players aimed to make peace with warring cliques and rise to the top of the school system.

Many reports point out that Rockstar had thought about Bully for a long time after its release, apparently working on a sequel years later for around eighteen months behind the scenes but nothing ever came of it. It seems strange that the fledgling franchise has therefore seemingly fallen into the role of being one of the studio’s most overlooked properties.

Outside of its non-Grand Theft Auto output, at the very least Red Dead Redemption got a sequel and 2011’s LA Noire got a remaster in recent years. In comparison, Bully got a port to mobile devices in 2016 but otherwise remains locked on the hardware of the era.

As one of the biggest studios in gaming today, it’s surprising that Rockstar doesn’t continue to push forward its previous successes, especially the refreshingly different tone of Bully. Even if it never gets a sequel, leaving Bully trapped in the past seems counterintuitive to a studio that sometimes needs to prove that it’s more than just GTA Online.