Bully On-line, a mod that added on-line multiplayer to Rockstar’s traditional open-world recreation, is shutting down lower than a month after launch. The creators haven’t defined why but, however followers are already blaming Rockstar Video games and its father or mother firm, Take-Two Interactive, for the sudden demise of the undertaking.
Developed by Fats Pigeon, a group of modders and followers, and led by Bully content material creator Swegta, Bully Online took years to develop and launched on PC on December 15. The mod added new content material like mini-games, multiplayer actions, customized autos, and aggressive racing. Followers had been excited to test it out, particularly as the unique Bully didn’t embrace on-line multiplayer and Rockstar appears unwilling to make a sequel or remaster anytime quickly. However now, not lengthy after it was launched, the mod is shutting down.
On January 14, a message was posted to the official Bully On-line Discord server saying that the mod will likely be shut down “forever” in 24 hours. In response to the Discord announcement, as seen in a message shared by TheNathanNS on Twitter, the devs are stopping growth of recent content material and scripts for the mod, eradicating the supply code from the primary website, and deleting any webpages linked to the mod, in addition to wiping all account information linked to the undertaking. The modders say gamers can hop on and revel in Bully On-line for the following 24 hours till the servers are utterly wiped and deleted for good.
Why is Bully On-line shutting down?
As for why Bully On-line is being killed, no person concerned has supplied a transparent reply. On Discord, the announcement does make it clear that this wasn’t what the modders had deliberate, saying, “For now though, know this was not something we wanted.” The messages additionally promise that Swegta will likely be posting a video within the close to future explaining extra.
Many followers are already blaming Rockstar and/or Take-Two Interactive, firms that have a long track record of screwing with and shutting down fan projects and mods. Nevertheless it must be famous that in the mean time, we don’t know for certain what occurred.
Kotaku has contacted each Swegta and Rockstar Video games for extra info, however didn’t hear again from both earlier than publication.
Swegta himself also confirmed the news on Twitter, posting on Wednesday that he’ll make a “proper statement on the situation” on January 21. On the creator’s web site, a brand new message was added that states: “The Bully Online project is shutting down. Thank you all for playing.”
