{"id":2095243,"date":"2026-08-15T16:56:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T13:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2095243"},"modified":"2026-08-15T16:56:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T13:56:47","slug":"simpsons-creator-matt-groening-seemingly-lets-slip-that-hit-run-is-coming-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2095243","title":{"rendered":"Simpsons creator Matt Groening seemingly lets slip that Hit &amp; Run is coming back"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/simpsons-hit-run\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      The Simpsons: Hit &amp; 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Run\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following The Simpsons: Hit u0026amp; Run\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow The Simpsons: Hit u0026 Run\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following The Simpsons: Hit u0026 Run\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow The Simpsons: Hit &amp; Run\" title=\"Follow The Simpsons: Hit &amp; Run\"><br \/>\n  Follow The Simpsons: Hit &amp; Run<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Simpsons creator Matt Groening may have just let slip that a Hit &amp; Run comeback is on the way.<\/p>\n<p>During a Simpsons panel at Disney&#8217;s D23 event over the weekend, Groening was asked whether a sequel to The Simpsons: Hit &amp; Run \u2013 the beloved 2003 GTA-style spin-off \u2013 might be on the cards.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know [if] I&#8217;m speaking out of turn, I think the original game is coming back in some form,&#8221; Groening said (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/news\/2026\/08\/matt-groening-himself-says-the-simpsons-hit-and-run-is-coming-back-in-some-form\">PushSquare<\/a>). Current showrunner Matt Selman immediately jumped in with &#8220;&#8230;or <em>not<\/em>,&#8221; trying, if unsuccessfully, to walk the comment back.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"The Simpsons: Stories from Springfield \u2013 Full Panel | D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L0xCNt00gAE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/L0xCNt00gAE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">The Simpsons: Stories from Springfield \u2013 Full Panel | D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The Simpsons: Stories from Springfield \u2013 Full Panel | D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event 2026.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L0xCNt00gAE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s not much to go on, but it&#8217;s the closest thing to a confirmation Hit &amp; Run has had in years. Fans have wanted a re-release for a while now, and the timing lines up with the studio that made it, Radical Entertainment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/prototype-the-simpsons-hit-and-run-studio-radical-entertainment-returns\"> rebranding as New Radical Games<\/a>, a studio that now specialises in remastering classic titles&#8230; and just so happens to prominently feature Hit &amp; Run on its site.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A sequel to Hit &amp; Run was actually already in the works once before, of course. Producer John Melchior said in a 2023 interview that Radical had started work on Hit &amp; Run 2, alongside a separate medieval-themed Simpsons game pitched by Groening himself, before original publisher Vivendi turned down a deal for five more Simpsons games. Melchior said he was never told why.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, The Simpsons showrunner and The Simpsons: Hit &amp; Run writer Matt Selman also hinted that we should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-simpsons-hit-run-writer-and-series-showrunner-says-never-say-never-to-a-possible-revival\">&#8220;never say never&#8221; to a possible remake or revival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrating the show&#8217;s 800th(!!) episode, Selman reminded fans that &#8220;nothing is set in stone&#8221;, not least because he and The Simpsons team know &#8220;people love it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hit &amp; Run is so interesting. I&#8217;m a thousand years old, and when I was in my mid to late 20s, I helped write Hit &amp; Run,&#8221; Selman said. &#8220;I had no idea it would become a cult game, a cult success. Of all the games, the thousands of Simpsons games&#8230; that one&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Simpsons creator Matt Groening may have just let slip that a Hit &amp; Run comeback is on the way.<\/p>\n<p>During a Simpsons panel at Disney&#8217;s D23 event over the weekend, Groening was asked whether a sequel to The Simpsons: Hit &amp; Run \u2013 the beloved 2003 GTA-style spin-off \u2013 might be on the cards.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know [if] I&#8217;m speaking out of turn, I think the original game is coming back in some form,&#8221; Groening said (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/news\/2026\/08\/matt-groening-himself-says-the-simpsons-hit-and-run-is-coming-back-in-some-form\">PushSquare<\/a>). Current showrunner Matt Selman immediately jumped in with &#8220;&#8230;or <em>not<\/em>,&#8221; trying, if unsuccessfully, to walk the comment back.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"The Simpsons: Stories from Springfield \u2013 Full Panel | D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L0xCNt00gAE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/L0xCNt00gAE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">The Simpsons: Stories from Springfield \u2013 Full Panel | D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The Simpsons: Stories from Springfield \u2013 Full Panel | D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event 2026.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L0xCNt00gAE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s not much to go on, but it&#8217;s the closest thing to a confirmation Hit &amp; Run has had in years. Fans have wanted a re-release for a while now, and the timing lines up with the studio that made it, Radical Entertainment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/prototype-the-simpsons-hit-and-run-studio-radical-entertainment-returns\"> rebranding as New Radical Games<\/a>, a studio that now specialises in remastering classic titles&#8230; and just so happens to prominently feature Hit &amp; Run on its site.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A sequel to Hit &amp; Run was actually already in the works once before, of course. Producer John Melchior said in a 2023 interview that Radical had started work on Hit &amp; Run 2, alongside a separate medieval-themed Simpsons game pitched by Groening himself, before original publisher Vivendi turned down a deal for five more Simpsons games. Melchior said he was never told why.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, The Simpsons showrunner and The Simpsons: Hit &amp; Run writer Matt Selman also hinted that we should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-simpsons-hit-run-writer-and-series-showrunner-says-never-say-never-to-a-possible-revival\">&#8220;never say never&#8221; to a possible remake or revival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrating the show&#8217;s 800th(!!) episode, Selman reminded fans that &#8220;nothing is set in stone&#8221;, not least because he and The Simpsons team know &#8220;people love it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hit &amp; Run is so interesting. I&#8217;m a thousand years old, and when I was in my mid to late 20s, I helped write Hit &amp; Run,&#8221; Selman said. &#8220;I had no idea it would become a cult game, a cult success. 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