{"id":5576,"date":"2026-08-15T22:13:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T22:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=5576"},"modified":"2026-08-15T22:13:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T22:13:42","slug":"matt-groening-simpsons-hit-run-d23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=5576","title":{"rendered":"Matt Groening lets slip that Simpsons: Hit &#038; Run might be making a comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">At D23, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/L0xCNt00gAE?t=1383\">when asked<\/a> about the potential for a sequel to the cult classic <em>The Simpsons: Hit &amp; Run<\/em> game, Matt Groening replied, \u201cI think the original game is coming back in some form,\u201d before current showrunner Matt Selman added, \u201cor not.\u201d The tone in both of their voices and the body language suggests that Groening may have just revealed something he wasn\u2019t supposed to.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The original title came out way back in 2003 for PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and Windows. While it\u2019s possible to get the game up and running on modern computers, it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/the-simpsons-hit-and-run-coming-back-matt-groening\/\">not available on modern consoles<\/a>. It\u2019s currently not in the PlayStation Plus Classics Catalog or on the Xbox backward compatibility list. It\u2019s possible that the game could simply return that way, as a direct port. But a more interesting possibility is a full HD remaster. They wouldn\u2019t even need to rerecord the voice acting since the original cast absolutely nailed it the first time around. Alright, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/L4Xop6JH84E?t=1480\">mindless drones, return to your ugly families<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/entertainment\/980720\/matt-groening-simpsons-hit-run-d23\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At D23, when asked about the potential for a sequel to the cult classic The Simpsons: Hit &amp; Run game, Matt Groening replied, \u201cI think the original game is coming back in some form,\u201d before current showrunner Matt Selman added, \u201cor not.\u201d The tone in both of their voices and the body language suggests that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,39,46,215],"class_list":["post-5576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-entertainment","tag-gaming","tag-news","tag-tv-shows"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Matt Groening lets slip that Simpsons: Hit &amp; 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