IGN:
The studio responsible for The Simpsons: Hit & Run and Prototype, Radical Entertainment, appears to be back under a new name: New Radical Games.
An amalgamation of “Radical Entertainment plus Hothead Games,” the studio’s new website says, “it all started with Radical Entertainment back in 1991. Fast forward to 2025 and we have amassed invaluable experience along the way. We know how to capture the essence of world-class intellectual properties, and deliver licensed games that delight fans everywhere.”
Vancouver-based Radical was bought by Activision in 2008, and was shuttered little more than five years later after living out its final years as a Destiny support studio. Hothead — also based in Vancouver — went bankrupt in 2024. The new studio is led by CEO Ian Wilkinson, who co-founded Radical, and COO Tim Bennison, who served as chief operating officer at Capcom’s Vancouver studio and had previously worked at Radical, too, as executive producer and VP technology.
News of the new studio from the people who brought us games like Prototype, Scarface: The World Is Yours, and The Simpsons: Hit & Run has clearly excited fans, with many now crossing their fingers that the new outfit could be set on bringing those dormant IPs back to life.
I cannot underline how much I would love to see a remaster of The Simpsons: Hit & Run. And a new Prototype WOULD be cool.
But seriously….Hit & Run, please.
Although…I just realized, I think I have a system now in my Steam Deck which would let me emulate the original…
…time to see how rose colored those glasses are!