Simpsons creator Matt Groening could have simply let slip {that a} Hit & Run comeback is on the best way.
Throughout a Simpsons panel at Disney’s D23 occasion over the weekend, Groening was requested whether or not a sequel to The Simpsons: Hit & Run – the beloved 2003 GTA-style spin-off – could be on the playing cards.
„I do not know [if] I am talking out of flip, I believe the unique sport is coming again in some type,“ Groening mentioned (thanks, PushSquare). Present showrunner Matt Selman instantly jumped in with „…or not,“ making an attempt, if unsuccessfully, to stroll the remark again.
It isn’t a lot to go on, but it surely’s the closest factor to a affirmation Hit & Run has had in years. Followers have needed a re-release for some time now, and the timing traces up with the studio that made it, Radical Leisure, rebranding as New Radical Video games, a studio that now specialises in remastering basic titles… and simply so occurs to prominently characteristic Hit & Run on its website.
A sequel to Hit & Run was truly already within the works as soon as earlier than, after all. Producer John Melchior mentioned in a 2023 interview that Radical had began work on Hit & Run 2, alongside a separate medieval-themed Simpsons sport pitched by Groening himself, earlier than unique writer Vivendi turned down a deal for 5 extra Simpsons video games. Melchior mentioned he was by no means instructed why.
Earlier this yr, The Simpsons showrunner and The Simpsons: Hit & Run author Matt Selman additionally hinted that we should always „by no means say by no means“ to a attainable remake or revival.
Celebrating the present’s 800th(!!) episode, Selman reminded followers that „nothing is about in stone“, not least as a result of he and The Simpsons workforce know „folks find it irresistible“.
„Hit & Run is so attention-grabbing. I am a thousand years previous, and once I was in my mid to late 20s, I helped write Hit & Run,“ Selman mentioned. „I had no thought it might turn into a cult sport, a cult success. Of all of the video games, the hundreds of Simpsons video games… that one…“
