The Simpsons: Hit & Run Turns 20, Fans Beg For A Remake

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Yes, you read that right - The Simpsons: Hit & Run turns 20 this weekend. We're all getting old, bones turning to dust. But as we reminisce over our collective childhood of playing kid-friendly GTA, the milestone is also a reminder that we still don't have any news on a Hit & Run remake - something fans are eager to rectify.

Any company that makes the mistake of marking the anniversary of The Simpsons: Hit & Run's anniversary is instantly hit with calls for a remake. PlayStation is the biggest example, with eager fans pleading with the studio to somehow secure a re-release of the cult classic Simpsons game. After all, the only way to play it legitimately is by dusting off your PS2, GameCube or original Xbox, despite there being such a huge demand for it to be released on modern platforms.

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PlayStation UK marked the anniversary earlier this weekend. Now, the replies are flooded with fans begging the studio to either invest in a remake or get the original added to PlayStation Plus, as befitting a game that many of us played the hell out of on PS2. Some poor souls even thought the tweet itself was hinting at some kind of re-release, but alas, nothing of the sort is being announced.

The fact that we've reached the 20th birthday of The Simpsons: Hit & Run without anything to show for it is pretty disheartening - not to mention baffling. While licenced games like this can often exist in copyright hell, it's hard to imagine that the Simpsons's rights holders wouldn't be able to get a Hit & Run re-release off the ground if it wanted to. Right now though, they seem to be more concerned with shutting down fan remakes, to the point where one had been developed, but the