It’s the end of an era for mobile games, as Electronic Arts has confirmed the shutdown of The Simpsons: Tapped Out after over a decade of service.

A long-running The Simpsons game reveals that it's going to shut down in the near future, upsetting long-time fans of the title.

The end is in sight for The Simpsons: Tapped Out, EA's long-running and hugely successful free-to-play city builder. The publisher has announced it's removing the mobile game from app stores this October, some 12 years after its initial release.