the simpsons

The Simpsons Go Hollywood

12:00AM Brian Crecente | By John Gaudiosi LOS ANGELES–Electronic Arts, which has had a studio in LA for years now, has learned a thing or two about Hollywood premieres. The game publisher hosted a world premiere launch party at the Hard Rock Café at the Universal Studios City Walk, just across the way from EB Games, which remained open an extra three hours to sell the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 2, PSP and Nintendo DS game to die hard Simpsons fans and gamers. Simpsons creators Albert Brooks and Matt Groening were on hand for the launch, as were the show writers who also worked on the game. EA had a yellow carpet set up outside of the Hard Rock for celebrities like Zach Levi (”Chuck”), Zach Ward (Postal) and Ian Ziering (”Beverly Hills 90210″) to pose for pictures and talk to TV reporters. There was a live DJ and a Tommy’s Burger’s truck outside giving away free hamburgers, fries and sodas to everyone. Break dancers wearing yellow The Simpsons Game t-shirts performed outside for the crowd who didn’t have access to the VIP party inside. More »

EA: “Content for Grand Theft Scratchy Has Not Been Removed”

2:48AM Flynn De Marco | Like a child’s game of “Telephone” gone horribly wrong, it seems that the whole Rockstar vs. The Simpsons Game controversy has been blown way out of proportion. Around the time of Leipzig, rumours started flying around the blogosphere that complaints Rockstar made about the game had been the impetus for some posters promoting the “Grand Theft Scratchy” level of the Simpsons Game being removed from the show. As the weeks went by, the rumours grew to titanic proportions with stories of actual content being removed from the game and a level name change. All of this resulted in quite a bit of speculative Rockstar bashing not only from the press, but from some of the games’ writers as well. But, as we’ve now discovered, it was mostly unfounded. More »