{"id":1508742,"date":"2026-02-24T16:29:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wfbVixf5wc3mZMf8z2Ae5R"},"modified":"2026-02-24T16:29:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:29:58","slug":"the-maker-of-prototype-and-simpsons-hit-and-run-returns-from-the-grave-just-months-after-an-out-of-the-blue-update-broke-prototypes-mods-and-added-mysterious-new-credits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-maker-of-prototype-and-simpsons-hit-and-run-returns-from-the-grave-just-months-after-an-out-of-the-blue-update-broke-prototypes-mods-and-added-mysterious-new-credits\/","title":{"rendered":"The maker of Prototype and Simpsons: Hit and Run returns from the grave just months after an out-of-the-blue update broke Prototype&#8217;s mods and added mysterious new credits"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>In news that will be deeply intriguing for a certain brand of rapidly-ageing millennial (me), it&#8217;s looking more and more like that susurrus of a Prototype remaster from last year might actually bear fruit.<\/p>\n<p>I say this because, as spotted by <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/simpsons-hit-run-and-prototype-studio-radical-entertainment-is-back-as-new-radical-games\/\" target=\"_blank\">VGC<\/a>, Prototype&#8217;s original studio seems to have reforged itself in a new form. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newradical.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Radical Games<\/a> is, claims its website, a fusion of Radical Entertainment (Prototype, The Simpsons: Hit &#038; Run, The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction) and Hothead Games (Deathspank, episodes one and two of those Penny Arcade Adventures Games).<\/p>\n<p>Radical co-founder Ian Wilkinson\u2014who departed for Hothead in 2008\u2014serves as CEO, while former Hothead COO Tim Wilkinson again takes up that title for New Radical. Hothead, perhaps ominously, went bankrupt in 2024, around the same time that New Radical seemingly first got off the ground, per <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ian-wilkinson-28658912\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wilkinson&#8217;s LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This website is new, though, and I think we can officially call it New Radical &#8216;breaking cover&#8217;. The whole thing is slathered in iconography from Radical&#8217;s (that is, uh, Old Radical&#8217;s) most well-known games: Prototype, The Simpsons, Hulk, even Scarface: The World Is Yours.<\/p>\n<p>Combine that with the news last year that Prototype, the <em>original<\/em> Prototype, randomly got a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/a-surprise-steam-update-for-prototype-broke-the-mods-making-the-16-year-old-game-playable-on-modern-systems-but-could-hint-at-a-potential-remaster\/\">mod-breaking update<\/a> that added new names, organisations, and a reference to an as-yet-nonexistent Ubisoft Connect version of the game and, well, I guess it could all mean nothing, but I&#8217;d be surprised if that were the case.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1280px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"pXWBvYWdenqeASu3kc35Tb\" name=\"1.jpg\" alt=\"Prototype\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/the-maker-of-prototype-and-simpsons-hit-and-run-returns-from-the-grave-just-months-after-an-out-of-the-blue-update-broke-prototypes-mods-and-added-mysterious-new-credits.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline expandable\"><a href='https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/the-maker-of-prototype-and-simpsons-hit-and-run-returns-from-the-grave-just-months-after-an-out-of-the-blue-update-broke-prototypes-mods-and-added-mysterious-new-credits.jpg' target='_blank' class='expand-button icon-expand-image icon' ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Activision)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You might also recall that heady day-or-so when an entry for Scarface: The World Is Yours popped up on Steam, before its publisher suddenly yanked it back down because, whoops, it maybe hadn&#8217;t quite worked out the licensing just yet. Honestly? I&#8217;m not sure <em>that<\/em> was anything but a series of very poor decisions, but if it&#8217;s also tied to the Radical revival? Suits me. That Scarface game was better than it had any right to be.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"957bb0bd-f0fe-46ca-9f08-263323d86777\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/the-maker-of-prototype-and-simpsons-hit-and-run-returns-from-the-grave-just-months-after-an-out-of-the-blue-update-broke-prototypes-mods-and-added-mysterious-new-credits-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"957bb0bd-f0fe-46ca-9f08-263323d86777\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/the-maker-of-prototype-and-simpsons-hit-and-run-returns-from-the-grave-just-months-after-an-out-of-the-blue-update-broke-prototypes-mods-and-added-mysterious-new-credits\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In news that will be deeply intriguing for a certain brand of rapidly-ageing millennial (me), it&#8217;s looking more and more like that susurrus of a Prototype remaster from last year might actually bear fruit. I say this because, as spotted by VGC, Prototype&#8217;s original studio seems to have reforged itself in a new form. New Radical Games is, claims its website, a fusion of Radical Entertainment (Prototype, The Simpsons: Hit &#038; Run, The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction) and Hothead Games (Deathspank, episodes one and two of those Penny Arcade Adventures Games). Radical co-founder Ian Wilkinson\u2014who departed for Hothead in 2008\u2014serves as CEO, while former Hothead COO Tim Wilkinson again takes up that title for New Radical. Hothead, perhaps ominously, went bankrupt in 2024, around the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-maker-of-prototype-and-simpsons-hit-and-run-returns-from-the-grave-just-months-after-an-out-of-the-blue-update-broke-prototypes-mods-and-added-mysterious-new-credits\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1508743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[5491],"class_list":["post-1508742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-gaming-industry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The maker of Prototype and Simpsons: Hit and Run returns from the grave just months after an out-of-the-blue update broke 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