When answering fan questions at D23 2026, The Simpsons creator Matt Groening himself seemingly let slip some very interesting news about The Simpsons Hit & Run, the most celebrated and missed Simpsons game of all time. It was when an attendee asked Groening about a potential sequel that Groening quickly took to answering out of turn, by his own admission, to share that he thinks that the original game is going to return “in some form.” The current Simpsons showrunner, Matt Selman, quickly interrupted Groening, shifting to a story about The Simpsons: Road Rage, the first car-based game of the franchise. Nice anecdote and nice try, but it was already too late; the intel that millions of fans had wanted to hear for so long was out, and the hype is no longer containable. Simpsons Hit & Run is no joke. Tons of fans have been asking for a sequel, a remaster, or a remake for the over 20 years since the game’s original ’03 release. Anything Simpsons Hit & Run-related will quench some of the thirst, so some have taken to making their own remake of the game. And it makes sense. Not only is The Simpsons: Hit & Run the best Simpsons game ever made, but it’s also actually one of the very few games inspired by the Grand Theft Auto series—yeah, you read that right—that so many people remember as more than a GTA clone. It had soul and did well both critically and commercially, so one question has remained with fans for the longest time. What happened to The Simpsons Hit & Run 2? Back in a 2023 interview, Hit & Run executive producer John Melchior explained he was already developing The Simpsons: Hit & Run 2 with Radical Entertainment for Vivendi. Sadly, the project ended up being canned as FOX and Vivendi couldn’t agree on the contract terms. Vivendi had the option to acquire the Simpsons license for future games, but passed on the chance. That’s when EA came in, bought the rights to make The Simpsons games for $80 million, and then released only one game this entire time. So, now that all parties have seemingly disentangled all possible copyright issues, why did Disney miss out on the chance to confirm the existence of a Hit & Run remake on the biggest stage they have? Well, because it might not be ready to show yet, or, and this is but my conjecture, because even a mere official statement could have overshadowed the sneak peek they did on the upcoming The Simpsons movie sequel (which you can find with a quick web search at the time of writing). And that looks ok, but maybe they could’ve just gone with a Hit & Run movie adaptation.The post The greatest Simpsons game of all time is coming back appeared first on Destructoid.