Outrage over 'school bully' computer game

Campaigners are calling for a violent new computer game, in which gamers play a school bully, to be banned.

The aim of the PlayStation2 game is to terrorise the other pupils at a school. Players dish out beatings, throw stink bombs and give 'wedgies'by yanking at their underwear.

Game developer Rockstar Vancouver has already had to change the name following complaints about the original title - Bully. The game is now called Canis Canem Edit, which is Latin for Dog Eat Dog.

The game has already caused a major outcry in the US, with a protest in New York and condemnation from anti-bullying charaties.

In the UK, campaigners including Labour MP Keith Vaz are now calling for it be to banned.

An insider at Rockstar Vancouver said: "The game gives kids the chance to misbehave at school and get away with it.

"It might only be a computer game but there are lots of realistic elements."

Released at the end of this month, the sick game is expected to be another massive hit for the company which also created the lawless Grand Theft Auto series.