Gone Home and Tacoma devs’ mother-daughter road trip game Open Roads misses its exit, gets a one-month delay

Annapurna say March release date will “ensure the most polished experience for players”

Open Roads, the story-driven game about a mother and daughter embarking on a road trip to learn about their family’s past, has seen its release date delayed by a month.

At the time it was revealed, the game was in the works at Fullbright, the studio known for the similarly narrative-drivenGone HomeandTacoma.

Followingallegations of “toxic” behaviouragainst Fullbright co-founder Steve Gaynor the following year, Gaynor stepped back from development on Open Roads - while still continuing to write for the game. Last year, Gaynorindicatedthat he was developing under the name of Fullbright as a one-person studio, with Open Roads instead credited to “The Open Roads Team”. That team comprises developers who worked onGone HomeandTacomaunder what was Fullbright, though it’s unclear how they may be credited on future games.

Having originally been planned for release on February 22nd, publishers Annapurna Interactive toldEngadgetthat Open Roads will see a delay of just over a month to anew release date on March 28th. The publishers said that the push was necessary to “ensure the most polished experience for players”.