Livestream Alert: Special Livestream tomorrow (Friday, Sept. 27) at 12:30pm ET, look for some surprise Addicts. We’re going to talk about the game ending, our feelings, read your thoughts and comments, and more. Hope you can join us tomorrow! I’ll put up a post in the morning with a link to the Livestream, or you can subscribe to our YouTube to be alerted when we go live!
Note: Safi and I are going to try and go live shortly (will post video link when we do, if I can get it to work). We want to hear from you. So share your thoughts here and on the YouTube chat when it goes live. More details soon…
Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!
It is with an insanely heavy heart, and a mind still in utter shock and disbelief, that I tell you all (as some of you have already seen) the game we all have loved and built the amazing community around for the last 12 years is coming to an end.
Many of you have seen the post on their Facebook page, or are seeing the following in your games now…
Here’s a little more information we’ve been provided from EA:
To our beloved fans,
We have made the difficult decision to sunset Tapped Out. In-app purchases have been disabled, and the game will be removed from the app stores October 31, 2024. You may continue playing until January 24th, 2025, at which point servers will be turned off and TSTO will not be accessible.
The decision to end our twelve-year journey is an emotional one. Together with our partners at The Simpsons™ and The Walt Disney company, we have delighted in bringing this game to you, the fans, and seeing how you’ve each built your own beloved versions of Springfield. It has been a remarkable journey, and we are grateful that we’ve been able to deliver 308 updates, 831 characters and including today’s final farewell 1,463 questlines.
As our journey comes to a close, we offer our sincerest thanks to you, the players, who have made this all possible.
– Electronic Arts
They have provided some additional FAQs which I will share at the bottom of this post. However, I wanted to take a minute to share this news with all of you and to let you know the Addicts Team (new and old), are currently trying to figure out a way to make these next couple of months of TSTO very special for all of us…and YOU the amazing community of TSTO Addicts.
While we still process the shock of it, know that we will be back in the coming days with an Addicts Live (or several) and more information about what’s ahead.
Thank you for being an amazing part of this community. We love all of you who have joined us over the last 11 years of TSTO Addicts, as we came together to play a silly lil’ game. I’ve always said, we supply the music and margaritas it is you, the members of this community, that make this place come alive. And for that I am eternally grateful.
-Alissa
FAQs From EA:
Q: MTX purchases are no longer available. Are there still ways to receive donuts in game? (THERE’S AN ISSUE WITH THIS EA IS WORKING TO RESOLVE…pulling info down for now)
Q: Is there a way to be able to obtain items from days long gone, now that events are over?
A: Yes! Throughout the coming weeks, we will be returning as much content from the past twelve years
as possible, in waves of a few years of releases at a time. Look for these in the store! This includes both
Premium and Prize items. Waves of items will be released on a weekly cadence for the next five weeks.
Q: What about land and item limits?
A: As part of the previous event, A Bart Future, we phased in increased land tile availability, along with
ramped up item placement limits. While we are not adding any additional increases with Taps, there will
be a reference to it within the final questline, as we did not formally announce this enhancement
previously.
Taps Start & End Time: 2024-09-26 15:01 UTC to 2025-01-24 23:00 UTC
Prize Track Items:
● Lard Lad Donut Factory (Building)
● Donut Mech (Character)
● CostMo (Building)
● Jewish Walk of Fame + Yahweh / Golden Goose Realty (Two Buildings)
● Lard Land Shop / Ten Commandments + God (Building + Decoration)
Players who own any of the items on the prize track will receive donuts instead of that particular item.
New Items:
There are new items coming to the store as part of the final wave of Taps store items – a building and a
bunch of decorations, that were not previously released. All of these items will be available for in-game
money.
- Lenny’s House (Building)
- Pink Bouncy Horse (Decoration)
- Brown Bouncy Horse (Decoration)
- Purple Bouncy Horse (Decoration)
- Tan Bouncy Horse (Decoration)
- BBQ Grill (Decoration)
- Picnic Table (Decoration)
- ATM (Decoration)
- Residential Mailbox (Decoration)
- Blue Postal Box (Decoration)
- Red Trashcan (Decoration)
- Holiday Person Sculpture (Façade)
- Holiday Creature Sculpture (Façade)
- Holiday Dog Sculpture (Façade)
- Holiday Dragon Sculpture (Façade)
- Holiday Bear Sculpture (Façade)
- Holiday Horse Sculpture (Façade)
- Holiday Gator Sculpture (Façade)
- Holiday Chimp Sculpture (Façade)
(From Alissa: I will note there is NO WORLD’S LARGEST TOILET! WTH EA? Couldn’t give me that one thing?)
P.S. Took 11 years, but thank you for the shoutout EA….
