DarkSeas Games’ Road Redemption, which serves as a spiritual successor to the highly popular action racing title Road Rash, is now in the alpha stage and access is available for free to backers. Check out some short footage of the same which released over the weekend. Naturally because it’s an alpha, the game will still have its fair share of bugs and errors.

For those who didn’t back the project, you can get in on the alpha by paying $40. This will also grant access to any future versions of the game including the beta.

Road Redemption will feature the same motorcycle combat and carnage of the original game but will add improved AI, destructible environments, ragdoll physics, online multiplayer, upgraded controls and much more to the mix. It’s slated to release in August for PC with a Wii U port happening a few months later. Though funding for an Xbox 360 and Oculus Rift version fell slightly short, we’d be amazed if it didn’t arrive for either of those platforms. Stay tuned for more details.

If you want a spiritual successor to Road Rash, then you have to wait till July 2014 to get one. DarkSeas Games have opened a Kickstarter page for Road Redemption which will give you a aggressive bike game that you’ve always wanted since Road Rash.

The studio is experienced and contains staff from various publishers so there’s a chance of this game being really awesome.

They are asking for $16000 and so far only $5000 has been funded but there are still 29 days to go. With enough word of mouth and convincing pitches they could make that target comfortably.

“A stronger weapon is always an advantage, but even a weaker combatant can get the upper hand by forcing his opponent off the road, or into oncoming traffic,” the studio said. “Make no mistake, Road Redemption is geared toward experienced gamers.”

The Kickstarter page can be found here and all the tiers are mentioned there.

You can check out the video below.