Lengthy-running recreation The Simpsons: Tapped Out has shut down after practically 13 years.
The Simpsons: Tapped Out was a free-to-play cellular recreation that noticed gamers tasked with rebuilding Springfield after Homer Simpson by chance causes a nuclear meltdown that destroys the town. It initially launched in 2012 and by 2014, and generated £97million in income.
In September, builders EA introduced it had made the “tough determination” to close down servers. “The choice to finish our 12-year journey is an emotional one. We have now 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 outstanding journey, and we’re grateful that we’ve been in a position to ship 308 updates, 831 characters and together with in the present day’s remaining farewell 1,463 questlines,” they wrote.
Goodbye Outdated Buddy 💔 😥 #TheSimpsons #TappedOut #TheSimpsonsTappedOut pic.twitter.com/lLCm2N822p
— kotulp (@kotulp) January 25, 2025
In-app purchases have been stopped the identical day, with The Simpsons: Tapped Out faraway from app shops in October. On Friday (January 24), the servers have been lastly switched off and followers have been flooding the official subreddit with remaining screenshots of their cities in addition to reflecting on their time with the sport.
“I’m surprisingly bummed about this. It’s simply been just a little a part of day-after-day and I feel it’s going to be an adjustment interval. Rattling.” Man, I’m devastated,” one fan wrote on Reddit. “13 years and it’s simply going to be gone. I used to be 15 after I initially began enjoying, and I performed every day after I needed to transfer to a unique state in highschool,” stated one other.
“I didn’t assume I’d be so emotional about it,” added one other. “Then I remembered I had been enjoying it for a 12 months when my grandma had handed. We had spent the earlier 12 months discovering her assisted residing place as a result of her dementia was so dangerous. After she handed I escaped to Springfield & began enjoying round with the retirement house. Now, for the final decade I’ve used this to construct the senior residing heart that each grandparent deserves. I didn’t assume I’d be preventing tears over this.”
Goodbye The Simpsons Tapped Out. Performed it just about on a regular basis because it launched in 2012. Gonna miss my model of Springfield that I spent a lot time constructing. pic.twitter.com/naFm2ljaW6
— Steven ⚫⚪ (@vivalaush) January 25, 2025
I had this recreation on my cellphone longer than every other app ever launched. Good bye The Simpsons: Tapped Out pic.twitter.com/D0aKIcYBv1
— SoSo (@so77) January 21, 2025
One Final MonoRail Journey Earlier than Shut Down Simpsons Tapped Out pic.twitter.com/X7xdScfCLh
— THORNx (@THORNxOfficial) January 24, 2025
13 years of The Simpsons Tapped Out vanished in a fraction of a second 😪 relaxation straightforward prince pic.twitter.com/dpB3VEZXJH
— Dapper Raptor (@DapperRaptor33) January 25, 2025
Tapped Out is gone. pic.twitter.com/ZcUvQsBD2q
— The Inexperienced Kasey 🎃 (@RawbertBeef) January 24, 2025
Not all hope is misplaced although, as some followers are additionally at the moment growing a means for the sport to dwell on by way of non-public servers. Different hopeful followers have advised the shut down of Tapped Out means one other studio has the license for The Simpsons, which could result in a remake of Hit & Run.
In different information, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has responded to rumours various Xbox classics might be making their approach to the Nintendo Swap 2: “Our technique is to permit our video games to be obtainable”
