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‘The Simpsons: Tapped Out’ Gets New Quests And Characters

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Neat: now you can do more stuff in The Simpsons: Tapped Out (Free). Earlier the other afternoon EA rolled out the free-to-play game’s first content update. A couple of new quests, some new decorations, a few new buildings, and a couple of new characters are now available to take on, buy, or interact with provided you download the update.

A full listing of the new content is available here. We hope you’ve got some leftover donuts. Or a lot of time on your hands. Or continued patience for The Simpsons brand of humor.

If you haven’t seen Tapped Out, we’ve got your back. A couple of weeks ago, Eli and I decided to check the title out and see how quickly we could burn through ten bucks worth of donuts, the game’s “control" currency. In the process, we learn a lot about the game. Chances are you will, too.

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  • 19 Comments

    1. Ron

      So excited. I spent so many hours playing the original

      1. Greyskull

        Me too...and the Splat Pack!

    2. LA4k

      Instabuy

    3. Deamon34

      Freakin Sweet!

    4. famousringo

      I'm fine with original graphics. Adds to the nostalgia. Fun and 60fps are the important bits.

    5. Faeryan

      Awesome! Just.. Awesome! One of the few driving games I've ever enjoyed playing.

    6. bigrand1

      Man, I've been waiting so long for this! SO excited to see this finally coming to our favorite hand-held devices! Wooo-Hooo!!!!!

    7. Jay

      OH GOD YES PLEASE. This might be my favorite game of all time. Looks like they put a lot of thought into the controls but I'm really curious to see whether this will be as much fun as the keyboard-mashing original.

    8. Ondřej Pošta

      Very nice!

    9. Bluefrog007

      I'm pretty sure they're making the paid version free on day 1, at least that was mentioned as part of their Kickstarter campaign.

    10. awp69

      This was one of the first games I ever bought for my PC (not a big PC gamer to begin with) and, even though I haven't reinstalled it since the various Windows updates (and am not sure it even works now), I remember cracking up at how insanely violent it was at the time (of course, it looks like kids play compared to some games today). Looking forward to checking it out again on the iOS.

    11. Blodia

      OK Stimpson returns! Or is it Juicy Jones?

    12. Googlyhead

      'Win by elimination of opponents' was always my strategy. 😬

    13. oliath

      I hope if you get it free in the 24 hour window there is still an option to pay.
      I want the game at launch but I also want to pay for the happy memories.
      I also hope they put in some premium content or skins for those who want to support the devs. Much like Junk Jacks golden menu screen etc.
      I love the support iOS gets and without devs we would have nothing so I feel it's important to show them my support.

      1. Dephin

        You could always pick up a few cars via iap to show your support. I know what you mean though, I'm day one'ing this game but would like to support the devs. Especially as Stainless have mentioned there is potential for the Splat Pack, and maybe C2 to come to mobile if this (carmageddon) does well enough.

    14. jeffharris

      Fantastic! I wasted massive chunks of time playing the original. Can't wait!

      I'd still love to see some classic Mac games come to iOS, like the Hellcats series!

      1. oliath

        Hellcats would work so well. I had so much fun playing that game with my grandfather looking over my shoulder telling me how to accurately land a bomb on my target :) good memories.

    15. Showmelater

      Carmageddon goes live on October 17th. Yeah!!!!