Rockstar, others upset with Simpsons game

by Justin McElroy on Oct 4th 2007 2:27PM

It's rare that a good video game parody comes along that isn't featured on YouTube, so you'd think that developers would relish the chance to get mocked by some of the minds behind The Simpsons Game, which includes goofs on popular games like Neverquest and Medal of Homer. Unfortunately, it seems that not everyone is in on the joke.

CVG reports that some of the game's content had to be pulled because the companies were unhappy with the way their licenses were being tweaked. The only company called out by name is Rockstar, which reportedly asked during Leipzig that a poster featuring Grand Theft Scratchy be removed. The article does mention that the Harmonix staff got a kick out of posters for Sitar Hero, though why they'd be OK with others making fun of Guitar Hero at this point in their careers is beyond us.

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Reader Comments (54)

Ever since the success of GTA3 Rockstar has had this smug attitude like there sh** doesn't stink. At E3 2005 they were pimping out the new Warriors game but alot of people attending couldn't''t go see due to the limited amount of people they let into there massive booth of busses.

hypocrites . all the GTA games are are parodies of real places and people, radio stations, resturaunts etc...

I think this game is gonna be great, just played the demo, and its funny as hell, love all the game parodies as well... sleeper hit for sure