<s>
Tempest	B-Application
4000	I-Application
is	O
a	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Llamasoft	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
,	O
SA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
modern	O
reimagining	O
of	O
the	O
classic	O
arcade	O
game	O
Tempest	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Tempest	B-Application
4000	I-Application
,	O
players	O
control	O
a	O
spaceship	O
and	O
navigate	O
through	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
increasingly	O
challenging	O
levels	O
while	O
fighting	O
off	O
waves	O
of	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
4000	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
Playstation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
4000	I-Application
also	O
includes	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
,	O
allowing	O
players	O
to	O
compete	O
against	O
each	O
other	O
online	O
or	O
in	O
local	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
4000	I-Application
is	O
a	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
4000	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Llamasoft	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
founded	O
by	O
British	O
video	O
game	O
designer	O
and	O
programmer	O
Jeff	O
Minter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
Minter	O
created	O
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
—	O
a	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
1981	O
arcade	O
game	O
Tempest	B-Application
—	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Llamasoft	O
released	O
the	O
Tempest-inspired	O
video	O
game	O
TxK	B-Device
independently	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
similarities	O
between	O
Tempest	B-Application
and	O
TxK	B-Device
,	O
Atari	O
,	O
SA	O
blocked	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
TxK	B-Device
on	O
other	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minter	O
was	O
unhappy	O
with	O
Ataris	O
intervention	O
;	O
despite	O
this	O
,	O
he	O
partnered	O
with	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
create	O
Tempest	B-Application
4000	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
4000	I-Application
started	O
out	O
development	O
as	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
(	O
VR	O
)	O
version	O
of	O
TxK	B-Device
but	O
Atari	O
forced	O
the	O
developer	O
to	O
remove	O
the	O
VR	O
mode	O
from	O
the	O
final	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
supports	O
native	O
4K	B-Architecture
resolution	I-Architecture
and	O
features	O
a	O
soundtrack	O
inspired	O
by	O
1990s-era	O
techno	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
4000	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
August	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
showcased	O
later	O
that	O
month	O
at	O
Gamescom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
expected	O
to	O
release	O
on	O
Windows-based	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
consoles	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tempest	B-Application
4000	I-Application
was	O
scheduled	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
on	O
28	O
March	O
2018	O
but	O
was	O
delayed	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
later	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
a	O
launch	O
title	O
for	O
their	O
upcoming	O
Atari	B-Application
VCS	I-Application
microconsole	B-Device
in	O
2019	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
was	O
denied	O
by	O
Llamasoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
will	O
be	O
re-released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
and	O
Atari	B-Application
VCS	I-Application
on	O
March	O
22	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
