The Simpons Game Formally Announced

Further to our news of the website floating around, Electronic Arts has formally announced the next Simpsons game - at the moment tentatively named The Simpsons Game.

From the release:

In THE SIMPSONS GAME, Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa use exciting, all-new powers to save the world from rising chaos. To help the Simpsons, gamers at home must journey through all of Springfield (as well as vast worlds beyond!), vanquish an amazing array of villains, and fight their way through parodies of multiple popular games.

From the team behind the game:

"Our goal in developing THE SIMPSONS GAME is to create the most original game ever, which is a lofty goal and only possible given the close collaboration with 'The Simpsons'creative team," said Scot Amos, Executive Producer of the project.

"We're also especially proud of the game's warm visual feel, which captures – for the first time ever in a game – the look of the TV show." Added Amos, “As Comic Book Guy says, 'Best. Simpsons Game. Ever!'"

"The EA group was so enormously talented and beyond belief energetic that I am thinking of suing for second hand exhaustion,” said James L. Brooks, Executive Producer of "The Simpsons."

The game will feature a full cast of voice actors from the TV show. It will be released in Autumn (Spring for Northern Hemisphere) in 2007 - so expect the game around October. It will be a multiplatform title, and will be released on Playstation 3, Playstation 2, Xbox 360, PSP, Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS.

We've attached a few shots from the official website, which were taken at the formal announcement -- they give some basic shots of how the game will look.