Rumor: EA to publish The Simpsons Game
by JC Fletcher 
{ Mar 26th 2007 at 8:00PM }
According to Siliconera, who claim to have seen "various retailer release lists", Electronic Arts will publish a new Simpsons game called The Simpsons Game, presumably as a tie-in to the movie. After doing our careful research like the responsible journalists we are (we went to EBGames' website), we can confirm that at least one retailer is listing such a game with a tentative release date of November 1st. The game will be massively multiplatform, with versions arriving on the Wii, DS, and pretty much all those other consoles that we don't bother with.
Four companies that we can think of have held the Simpsons license: one of them, Konami, made the four-player arcade game; Acclaim made a string of pretty rough NES games and the decent Hit & Run; Activision released The Simpsons Wrestling, and EA is responsible for The Simpsons Skateboarding. We don't really have a point here, except that we kind of wonder what genre this one will be! Kart racing? Pachinko? Who knows with Simpsons games?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Zachary Hinchliffe @ Mar 26th 2007 9:19PM
Hit and Run was a quite playable GTA clone. It wasn't amazing, but surprisingly good for a licensed game.
Soiden @ Mar 27th 2007 12:29AM
maybe a platform, most games based on movies are platforms.
Nushio @ Mar 27th 2007 2:19AM
@Zachary Hinchliffe
I thought it was a 'Crazy Taxi' clone, not a GTA one.
JC Fletcher @ Mar 27th 2007 2:33AM
Simpsons Road Rage was a Crazy Taxi clone, Simpsons Hit & Run was a GTA clone.
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lynch @ Mar 27th 2007 3:19AM
And just in time for the movie
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hvnlysoldr @ Mar 27th 2007 9:48AM
I remember getting Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants on NES for my birthday. It was fun but Bart couldn't jump high enough, thank goodness for Game Genie. The arcade game was fun but cheap. Road Rage was interesting but just a rental.
Kenny @ Mar 27th 2007 10:13AM
Simpsons Hit and Run is a fun game and was really well done.
Zack W. @ Mar 27th 2007 11:52AM
Please Kart..please God Kart.....not that I am really that excited about any Simpsons game (except for the Arcade game), but the best chance for a Simpsons game to not be total crap would be the Kart genre.
JC Fletcher @ Mar 27th 2007 12:08PM
I was kind of joking about the kart game, but now that you mention it... you're probably right!
Billy_McBong @ Mar 27th 2007 3:55PM
i think a cart game would work well with the simpsons
John @ Mar 27th 2007 5:16PM
There's no rumor about this. EA officially announced it almost a year and a half ago, in November 2005.
http://www.gamingtarget.com/article.php?artid=4736