Video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA) will be bringing the long-running FOX animated series The Simpsons into the next era of gaming evolution. The company has entered into a long-term deal with Twentieth Century Fox Television and Gracie Films to develop multiple videogame titles for next-generation consoles. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Through this first development deal between FOX and EA, the game maker will work closely with FOX’s licensing and merchandising division, Gracie Films and The Simpsons writers continue the adventures of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie. “This is something EA’s been interested in for years and now game development and technology is at a place where The Simpsons characters and world will really come alive in these games,” says Nick Earl, VP and general manager of EA Redwood Shores Studio.
Simpsons exec producer James L. Brooks of Gracie Films comments, “I think this is a great opportunity for us, primarily because it brings with it the possibility of free EA games.”
The new Simpsons games will be developed at EA’s Redwood Shores Studio, which has produced the recent hits From Russia With Love, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 06 and The Lord of The Rings: Tactics, as well as the Sims games and the upcoming The Godfather, based on the classic film by Francis Ford Coppola. No launch date for the first Simpsons release has been announced.
Introduced in 1990, The Simpsons is the longest-running sitcom in television history. The series is currently in its 17th season with an 18th now in production.
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