NEW YORK — Grand Theft Auto VI developers at Rockstar Games panicked when they realized the game they had been working on for years was just a remake of 2003 action-adventure game The Simpsons: Hit & Run, sources report.
“How did we let this happen?” Developer Garrett Porter wailed. “We’ve each been so deep in the weeds that there was no way to see that we’ve just been holistically recreating a Simpsons game that’s over 20 years old. My team only focused on steering mechanics, so I’ve never even caught a glimpse of what the game looks like until now. When I saw the player character on a mission to collect cardboard tubes for Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel, I knew we had a problem on our hands. The game is scheduled to come out in less than a year at this point, so we’re just going to have to go through with this and hope nobody notices.”
Gamer Selena Morris reacted to the news.
“Oh wow, I was wondering why I haven’t seen any gameplay footage yet,” Morris said. “I guess there should have been more communication between people writing the story and the actual developers. It’s just crazy that they’ve been working on the game for years and they’ve only just now realized this. I was really looking forward to GTA VI, but now I guess what they’re working on will have to do. It’s been a long time since I played The Simpsons: Hit & Run, so I guess it’ll be cool to revisit it.”
Video game expert Darnell Johnson provided his insight on the ordeal.
“This is what happens when games are this ridiculously in-depth,” Johnson provided. “The developers are so siloed in their respective specialties that there’s no real oversight on how the game is progressing overall. I would have said there should have been a greater focus on management, but honestly, somebody should have noticed something was awry when Dan Castellaneta was brought in to voice the main character.”
At press time, the developers also noticed that every GTA VI radio station was playing the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater soundtrack.
