Summary
A petition to saveThe Simpsons: Tapped Outis gaining serious traction, with nearly 16,000 signatures at the time of this writing.The Simpsons: Tapped Outis a mobile city-building game developed by EA Mobile that was first released in 2012. Despite being heavily criticized for its microtransactions,The Simpsons: Tapped Outhas earned a dedicated following of diehard fans over the last 12 years that recently received some devastating news.
Unfortunately for fans of the game, EA has announced thatThe Simpsons: Tapped Outis shutting down.The Simpsons: Tapped Outshut down will happen in two phases. First,The Simpsons: Tapped Outwill be delisted from app storeson October 31, making it impossible for any potential new players to discover the game. Then, on January 25,The Simpsons: Tapped Outwill cease to exist for all players.
Understandably,The Simpsons: Tapped Outfans are not happy about the game being shut down. The announcement was met with swift and severe backlash online, as many players are upset that a game that they’ve played for years, and potentially invested money in, will no longer be playable. Some fans have gone as far as to create apetition on Change.orgthat they hope will convince EA to keepThe Simpsons: Tapped Outonline.The Simpsons: Tapped OutChange.org petition currently has 15,781 signatures and counting, with nearly 400 of those signatures happening just today.
Thousands Sign Simpsons: Tapped Out Petition
While it doesn’t hurt to sign the petition,The Simpsons: Tapped Outfans shouldn’t hold their breath that it will result in EA deciding to keep the game online. There have been countless Change.org petitions made over the years for all kinds of video games, and it’s a rare thing for them to ever be acted on. So even if thousands more sign the petition, there’s no guarantee that EA will change its mind aboutThe Simpsons: Tapped Outshutting down on January 25.
It’s possible that the decision is out of EA’s hands anyway. EA doesn’t own the rights toThe SimpsonsIP, and so there’s a chance that the game’s removal and shut down is due to expiring licenses. A specific reason why EA is shutting downThe Simpsons: Tapped Outhasn’t been given, though, so that’s just speculation at this time. It’s also possible thatThe Simpsons: Tapped Out’s microtransactions simply aren’t making EA enough money to justify keeping the game online. Whatever the case may be,The Simpsons: Tapped Outfans should make sure to play the game as much as possible between now and the January 25 shutdown.
The Simpsons: Tapped Out
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From the writers of The Simpsons, comes the city building game that lets you create your own living, breathing Springfield! When Homer accidently causes a meltdown that wipes out Springfield, it’s up to you to clean up his mess… we mean, help him rebuild it!Collect Your Favorite Characters: Help reunite Homer with his loved ones - Marge, Lisa, Maggie (and even sometimes Bart) – as well as his not so loved ones, like Ned Flanders. Re-populate Springfield with your favorite characters, from Barflies (Barney Gumble) to Wise Guys (Fat Tony). Add them all, we won’t judge! Dress your characters to the nines with options like Daredevil Bart or Lizard Queen Lisa, and relive scenes from your favorite episodes of The Simpsons!Take Charge of Your Springfield: Can’t control your own life? Now you can control the lives of the citizens of Springfield instead! Make Apu work ridiculously long shifts at the Kwik-E-Mart, have Moe smuggle illegal animals, or make Homer toil poolside all day… that last one might not be so bad.Build Your Own Springfield: Think Homer deserves to live next door to Moe’s? Or the monorail can survive a few more sharp twists and turns? Well you can finally make Springfield just the way you want it! Expand your town to the Waterfront, grow its businesses with the glamourous shops of Springfield Heights, and enjoy its sights, all with only a few taps.
