<s>
Road	B-Device
Redemption	I-Device
is	O
a	O
vehicular	O
combat	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
New	O
Orleans-based	O
studios	O
EQ-Games	O
and	O
Pixel	O
Dash	O
Studios	O
as	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Road	B-Device
Rash	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Console	O
versions	O
of	O
Road	B-Device
Redemption	I-Device
were	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
6	O
,	O
2018	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
mobile	O
version	O
of	O
Road	B-Device
Redemption	I-Device
were	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
28	O
,	O
2022	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Road	B-Device
Rash	I-Device
series	O
of	O
racing	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
aims	O
to	O
replicate	O
the	O
arcade-like	O
simplicity	O
and	O
silliness	O
of	O
the	O
Road	B-Device
Rash	I-Device
games	O
,	O
while	O
introducing	O
more	O
modern	O
graphics	O
and	O
gameplay	O
mechanics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
melee	O
weapons	O
featured	O
in	O
Road	B-Device
Rash	I-Device
,	O
Road	B-Device
Redemption	I-Device
introduces	O
firearms	B-Application
in	O
the	O
players	O
options	O
for	O
weapons	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
proposed	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
version	O
would	O
have	O
also	O
featured	O
the	O
ability	O
for	O
multiplayer	O
sessions	O
to	O
take	O
place	O
with	O
one	O
player	O
on	O
the	O
television	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
using	O
just	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
GamePad	I-Device
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
Ian	O
Fisch	O
,	O
a	O
long	O
time	O
fan	O
of	O
the	O
Road	B-Device
Rash	I-Device
series	O
wrote	O
a	O
blog	O
post	O
on	O
why	O
the	O
game	O
needed	O
a	O
revival	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
had	O
intended	O
for	O
the	O
blog	O
post	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
call	O
for	O
developers	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
to	O
revisit	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
but	O
following	O
the	O
commercial	O
failures	O
of	O
racing/combat	O
hybrids	O
such	O
as	O
Split/Second	B-Language
and	O
Blur	B-Application
,	O
he	O
believed	O
there	O
would	O
be	O
no	O
appetite	O
for	O
such	O
game	O
from	O
an	O
established	O
publisher	O
,	O
so	O
began	O
working	O
on	O
his	O
own	O
take	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
funded	O
for	O
development	O
,	O
it	O
missed	O
the	O
198,000	O
stretch	O
goal	O
for	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
Oculus	B-Device
Rift	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
update	O
in	O
April	O
2016	O
clarified	O
that	O
development	O
was	O
still	O
proceeding	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
Q3	O
2016	O
release	O
date	O
planned	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
versions	O
are	O
planned	O
for	O
sometime	O
afterwards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initial	O
2016	O
updates	O
did	O
not	O
mention	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
as	O
a	O
platform	O
,	O
again	O
causing	O
speculation	O
towards	O
cancellation	O
of	O
that	O
particular	O
version	O
,	O
but	O
DarkSeas	O
Games	O
clarified	O
that	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
version	O
was	O
still	O
planned	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
relegated	O
to	O
a	O
release	O
window	O
after	O
the	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
versions	O
,	O
citing	O
extra	O
work	O
that	O
would	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
done	O
to	O
get	O
the	O
game	O
running	O
on	O
the	O
less-powerful	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2018	O
,	O
DarkSeas	O
Game	O
announced	O
they	O
had	O
shifted	O
development	O
to	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
DarkSeas	O
Game	O
's	O
also	O
intends	O
on	O
making	O
the	O
game	O
open-source	B-Application
,	O
allowing	O
for	O
people	O
to	O
create	O
mods	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DarkSeas	O
Game	O
's	O
also	O
teamed	O
up	O
with	O
Yacht	O
Club	O
Games	O
to	O
bring	O
their	O
Shovel	B-Application
Knight	I-Application
character	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
playable	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Eurogamer	O
's	O
Steam	O
Early	O
Access	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Dan	O
Whitehead	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
despite	O
its	O
quirks	O
and	O
glitches	O
,	O
stating	O
"	O
There	O
are	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
problems	O
,	O
in	O
other	O
words	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
has	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
balancing	O
and	O
polishing	O
to	O
do	O
if	O
Road	B-Device
Redemption	I-Device
is	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
genuinely	O
satisfying	O
and	O
well-rounded	O
successor	O
to	O
its	O
inspiration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Polygon	O
referred	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
early	O
build	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
crazier	O
,	O
deeper	O
Road	B-Device
Rash	I-Device
"	O
that	O
was	O
"	O
as	O
fast	O
,	O
crazed	O
and	O
violent	O
as	O
its	O
obvious	O
inspiration.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregate	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
Road	B-Device
Redemption	I-Device
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
