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This month, Rockstar Games “R*” redirects here. For *R, see Hyperreal number.

Rockstar Games is a development division of video game publisher Take-Two Interactive, based in New York City, United States. The brand is most known for the Grand Theft Auto series.
, the maker of the video game series Grand Theft Auto (AUTOmatic) Refers to a wide variety of devices that perform unattended operations. , launched Bully, a game with themes of school fighting.

The game's 15-year-old main character must defend himself against school bullies at a fictional boarding school, while dealing with characters ranging from nerds and jocks to authoritarian prefects.

In March, Florida's Miami-Dade County School Board called on retailers not to sell the game to minors and required the school district to warn parents about the potentially harmful effects of playing violent video games See video game console. .
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Title Annotation:Snapshots: TRENDS AND INSIGHTS FROM ACROSS THE NATION; Rockstar Games launches video game
Publication:District Administration
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Date:Oct 1, 2006
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