“Major” electronics retailers, PC World, Currys and Dixons are refusing to stock Rockstar’s latest masterpiece, Bully or Can-whatever whatever edit as it’s known outside of Americonia. All of the retailers are owned by one conglomerate who states that Edit doesn’t fit with their family-friendly image, but they will continue to enjoy a good relationship with Take Two and Rockstar Games. Which is evident since all 3 stores are advertising pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories for the PSP, a title which apparently DOES fit in with what may be one of the most twisted definitions of “family-friendly’ I’ve ever heard. And yes, this is another Rockstar-related story, sheesh, you’d think I used to work for them or something…

Read more: Major UK Retailers refuse to stock Bully

Bully, the much anticipated “GTA for teens” from Rockstar Vancouver, is receiving rave reviews for it’s innovative gameplay, mini-games and sandbox environment. Garnering a perfect 10/10 from 1UP, Bully appears not to be the Columbine, murder, death simulator that everyone fears, but actually a fun and enjoyable title. We’ll see what Jack Thompson’s next move will be, but I’d go so far as to say that Rockstar has won this battle. Now why oh why can’t there be an Xbox version?

Read more: Bully @ Metacritic

We missed this, partially due to the Wii craziness of last week AND because we have the tendancy to avoid Rockstar whenever we can, but, it seems that Bully will be granted the holy grail of ratings, TEEN! I bet Jack Thompson was one step closer to that heart attack after reading that at his breakfast table. Well, good news for Rockstar, especially since this allows teens to purchase the title without parental supervision, a rare thing for a Rockstar title.

Read more: Bully to receive TEEN rating from ESRB