This beloved ‘Simpsons’ recreation is shutting down after 12 years

EA has confirmed it has made the “tough choice” to close down the lengthy working The Simpsons recreation Tapped Out.

The Simpsons: Tapped Out is a free-to-play cell recreation that duties gamers with rebuilding Springfield after Homer Simpson by chance causes a nuclear meltdown that destroys town. The sport initially launched in 2012 and by 2014, had reportedly generated £97million in income.

Tapped Out has been up to date regularly, with the latest addition coming yesterday (September 26). Nevertheless the identical day, EA shared a press release that confirmed they, alongside The Simpsons and The Walt Disney Firm, had made the “tough choice” to close down the sport.

Fairly unhappy I’ve performed The Simpsons: Tapped Out Recreation on and off over the previous 12 years. EA simply introduced the sport is shutting down. I’ll miss my city and the humorous characters I’ve collected all these years. Longest recreation app I’ve performed for positive. @EA unhappy day certainly pic.twitter.com/QAygjsN26M

— Mary Collins 🎃 (@MaryGhost92) September 26, 2024

“The choice to finish our twelve-year journey is an emotional one. We’ve got delighted in bringing this recreation to you, the followers, and seeing the way you’ve every constructed your individual beloved variations of Springfield. It has been a exceptional journey, and we’re grateful that we’ve been in a position to ship 308 updates, 831 characters and together with right now’s remaining farewell 1,463 questlines,” they wrote.

“As our journey involves a detailed, we provide our sincerest due to you, the gamers, who’ve made this all potential.”

In-app purchases are not accessible, and The Simpsons: Tapped Out can be faraway from app shops on the finish of October. Present customers will have the ability to proceed taking part in the sport till January 24, 2025. After that “ servers can be turned off and The Simpsons: Tapped Out is not going to be accessible.”

No purpose has been given for the shutdown, however Tapped Out followers have been devastated by the information.

I am legitimately upset.

This recreation has oddly been an enormous consolation for all these years. https://t.co/j7QUjTJ3gI

— TheRealMattC (@TheRealMattC) September 26, 2024

“I’ve been taking part in this recreation because it launched! I can’t imagine it’s ending,” wrote one fan on Tapped Out’s widespread Reddit web page. “I’ve been taking part in since Christmas 2012. A lot money and time put into this recreation through the years. A disappointment to say the least,” added one other.

“I performed this recreation religiously for a decade. Half of my goddamn LIFE. That is the tip of an period,” wrote one other fan on X.

Nevertheless, some are speculating that the sudden choice to shut down Tapped Out means one other studio has the license for The Simpsons, which means a remake of The Simpsons: Hit & Run could possibly be on the playing cards.

In different information, the thirtieth anniversary PlayStation 5 Professional assortment has bought out in seconds, regardless of its excessive value level. The limited-edition consoles at the moment are being resold for 1000’s.