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Rockstar's boringly controversial console title Bully is due for release in October, CNN/Money reports.

Rockstar Games has confirmed that Bully - subject of much controversy - is still set for release in 2006.

Following a record dry spell during which no Rockstar games were the subject of any controversy for approximately 18 minutes, Labour MP Keith Vaz has hauled Bully into the spotlight for its representation of violence against schoolchildren.

Various anti-bullying organisations have spoken out against Rockstar Games after learning that it plans to make schoolyard bullying the subject of a humorous action game for PS2 and Xbox.

Rockstar has released the first screenshot from Bully, its forthcoming third-person action adventure game for PS2 and Xbox.

Do you like games so old they look like they're made out of ceefax? Then you might be interested to know that a special event aimed right at you is set to take place next month.

Eve Online recently hit 130,000 subscribers, which is about 1 percent of the total MMO market. Even as a regular space-pilot I find it a bit difficult to reconcile the obscure and anti-populist game model with its ever-increasing success. People really do seem to want something beautiful but unforgiving. Eve originally evinced such groans of disgust and disbelief from my gaming peers that I expected it to fail utterly... It didn't. It has simply become more popular and more versatile. Eve grows bigger, stronger, more terrifying, and routinely pales even the mightiest of MMOs with its creative achievements. It is a game that does not seem to have made any concessions to tradition, and somehow that tenacity has paid off.

A quick and handy, weekly digest of some of the interesting things people have said in the previous seven days. And of course the stuff we've been aching to make fun of.

Atari's sales and marketing VP, Nique Fajors, has slammed the third instalment in the publisher's Driver series - just weeks after the franchise was sold off to Ubisoft.

Newly announced Halo film director Neill Blomkamp has spoken out about how he's approaching the film's coveted source material, and about his views on Halo in general.

As if by way of illustrating what a cruel game Eve can be, I just lost a fight in my most expensive, well-to-do battleship only minutes before opening up this page to write these words. The ship is dust and I'm royally pissed off. Way more pissed off than I would be at dying in almost any other game. While other MMOs might have coddled me with just a bit of money lost, or a few XP as punishment for my pitiful death, Eve has created several hours of concerted work. It's a bitch.

Iceland-based Eve Online developer CCP has grabbed back the publishing rights for its MMORPG and is now offering the full game for download on its website (460MB), with a subscription offer of $19.99 for those without an account, giving you 30 days playing time at a reduced price.

Icelandic developer Crowd Control Productions has dragged their EVE Online MMORPG kicking and screaming into phase seven of beta testing, announcing the installation of a new server cluster to boot. What's more, the Non-Disclosure Agreement which binds EVE players to silence will be dropped within a week, as the game's capacity edges above 100,000 players.

Dead Rising is still nearly a month away from European release, but that hasn't stopped Capcom moving to capitalise on the game's US momentum with some quick-fire downloadable content.

LucasArts president Jim Ward has slammed the games industry's traditional business model, arguing that publishers' overwhelming reliance on single retail products has stunted the growth of the sector in recent years, where rival entertainment media have prospered through diversity.

Rockstar has confirmed that Bully's October release date applies to Europe as well - and released a trailer for the game.

SEGA's preparing another compilation of Mega Drive games for release this autumn.

French developer Load Inc. has decided to delay its Xbox Live Arcade racing title Mad Tracks in order to add multiplayer options - even though, to our knowledge, it hadn't nailed down a release date in the first place.

Ritual is offering those of you who passed on SiN Episodes: Emergence an incentive to look again - the developer's cut the price to $14.95.

SNK Playmore's Metal Slug Anthology for PSP will be arriving at European shops on October 27th, UK publisher Ignition and distributor Atari revealed this week.

With SingStar Anthems barely out the door, Sony has announced that another compilation pack - SingStar Legends - is on the way in time for Christmas.

The British Board of Film Classification has told GamesIndustry.biz that it will stand by the decision to allow Capcom's Xbox 360 horror title Dead Rising to go on sale uncensored in the UK.

New details have been revealed of how you'll play Harvest Moon using the Wii's remote controller - along with news that a second DS instalment in the series is on the way.

Halo will hit the silver screen in summer 2008, not 2007, Microsoft announced this week - and relative unknown Neill Blomkamp will direct.

Japanese weekly Famitsu reports that Armored Core 4 will arrive on PlayStation 3 this November.

As promised earlier this week, we've got some new details on From Software titles Tenchu 360 and Armored Core 4 for you.

Sony Online Entertainment's announced a new Smash TV-sounding game-show shoot-'em-up called Cash Money Chaos, due out on PSP in early 2007.

It's a banner day for delays - first Spore and now, Atari's revealed, Alone in the Dark.

Will Wright's life-building opus Spore won't be released until late 2007, the Maxis veteran's revealed.

Microsoft has released a playable demo of Flight Simulator X, giving you the chance to get to grips with a fraction of the full game's 24,000 airports and countless planes. Good day for it too.