Electronic Arts has announced the release dates for The Simpsons Game, the upcoming video game based on the animated movie, which opens July 27, 2007.

The video game will be available on October 30, 2007 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable, and on November 13, 2007 for PlayStation 3. Watch the game trailer as well as a video of game play here after the jump, courtesy of GameSpot.com.

EA has also created the mobile game The Simpsons: Minutes to Meltdown, which will be available to subscribers of the “Yellow Plan,” a subscription service offering exclusive made-for-mobile content based upon the popular FOX animated television series, The Simpsons. For more information, visit www.thesimpsonsmobile.com.

For Simpsons console game, the original voice actors from the long-running television series reprise their voice roles for the video game that features Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa using all-new powers to save the world from rising chaos. Gamers can help the Simpsons journey through all of Springfield (as well as vast worlds beyond!), vanquish an amazing array of villains, and fight their way through parodies of multiple popular games.

In one level, there’s a parody which shows the release of a new “Grand Theft Scratchy” game, which prompts Marge to speak out against video game violence.

Trailer

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