The Simpsons Next-Gen Announcement Countdown

Although we do like surprises and puzzles, this one was a little too easy to work out. EA's got a new website up, which seems to suggest a new Simpsons game is on the way. It could be the font they are using for the website links, or the fact that it says XXII (22 in roman numerals) which is roughly how many The Simpsons games we've seen since 1989. Also, the source code for the page mentions the Simpsons.

It's relatively obvious that a Next-Gen Simpsons title will be officially announced in just two days time by Electronic Arts (another give-away, as EA has the official licence for The Simpsons games). From the similarity between the XXII font and Rockstar's GTA IV logo, gamers could perhaps extrapolate that it will be fairly similar to The Simpsons: Hit & Run.

The Simpsons Movie is due out on the 27th of July, and we expect the game to either be released alongside it, or shortly after.