Simpsons Creator Teases Comeback For GTA-Inspired Spin-Off

Radical Leisure’s The Simpsons meets Grand Theft Auto 3 was an instantaneous fan favourite when it hit again in 2003. However amid a frenzy of sequels, remasters, and re-releases, The Simpsons: Hit and Run has but to see an official revival, although it’s surprisingly easy to play on modern PCs these days. That would lastly be altering, with console house owners additionally getting a shot at early aughts Simpsons nostalgia.

Simpsons’ creator Matt Groening was requested about the opportunity of Hit and Run coming again at Disney’s D23 occasion yesterday. “I feel the unique recreation is coming again in some kind,” he responded. However present Simpsons showrunner Matt Selman instantly stepped in so as to add a “or not” for good measure. Was Groening by accident spoiling a shock followers have lengthy been ready for, or was the entire thing a calculated tease?

Requested if there’ll be one other The Simpsons: Hit & Run recreation, Matt Groening says: “I feel the unique recreation is coming again in some kind…”

“…or not,” says present showrunner Matt Selman. Appears like there could also be some information coming that wasn’t speculated to be introduced but… #D23 pic.twitter.com/qC98wLeQsK

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Selman was truly a author on the 2003 sandbox driving recreation and beforehand acknowledged hopes for a Hit and Run comeback in an interview with People back in March of this year. “Hit & Run is so fascinating,” he stated across the time the present reached its 800th episode. “I’m a thousand years previous, and once I was in my mid to late 20s, I helped write Hit & Run. I had no thought it could develop into a cult recreation, a cult success. Of all of the video games, the 1000’s of Simpsons video games… that one…”

Relating to a revival, his response again then was “by no means say by no means.” This was just a few months after The Simpsons’ huge Fortnite occasion, and we’ve been seeing numerous different licensed video games from an identical interval to Hit and Run not too long ago get remasters introduced. Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee, one other lesser-known cult favourite, is getting a contemporary port this fall. An analogous HD port of Hit and Run can be a great way to check the waters for a brand new Simpsons spin-off, particularly as soon as the open-world driving sandbox returns this fall with Grand Theft Auto 6.