Road Rash Co-Designer Shows Interest in Returning to Series

<p><em>Road Rash<&sol;em> co-designer Dan Geisler has expressed interest in returning to the series with the creation of a new game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Road Rash<&sol;em>&comma; originally released on the Sega Megadrive in 1991&comma; combined motorcycle racing with on-bike combat which allowed the player to knock opponents off their bikes via the use of feet&comma; fists&comma; clubs&comma; or a well-timed nudge into an oncoming car&period; While the original game was popular and successful enough to warrant several sequels&comma; there has been no new release in the series since 1999&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But now&comma; while posting on Reddit&comma; Geisler expressed interest in creating a new game in the series&comma; with Kickstarter being a potential funding method if he believes there is enough interest from gamers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking of the series&comma; Geisler said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;It hasn&&num;8217&semi;t resurfaced because I was burned out after Road Rash 3&period; But I&&num;8217&semi;m ready to do another one now&period; I just needed 20 years off&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m ready to make a better one now&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Geisler continued&period; &&num;8220&semi;I miss playing it too&period; If there is enough interest&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;ll do a Kickstart on it&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The major problem with this proposal is that the rights to <em>Road Rash<&sol;em><em><&sol;em> are still owned by Electronic Arts&comma; something which Geisler noted&colon; &&num;8220&semi;<em>Road Rash<&sol;em> was my baby&period; I will need to talk with EA to get the rights&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One potential compromise is for Geisler to create more of a spiritual successor to the series rather than a new entry&comma; something he already seems aware of&comma; stating that he doesn&&num;8217&semi;t think EA &&num;8220&semi;have a lock on motorcycle combat any more&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Via&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2013-03-13-road-rash-creator-ready-to-do-another-one-using-kickstarter-if-theres-interest" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Eurogamer<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;