American McGee's... Something.
We all know American McGee from his Spicy Horse fame with American McGee's Alice. I loved his creepy romp through the twisted reimagining of one of my favorite childhood stories. Now, he's planning to do it again. Along with some details on American McGee's Grimm, he recently released a scant few details about another project he and his game studio are working on.
We know nothing of what the game is about, except that it will be using the Unreal Engine 3, it will be released under a big publisher, multi-platform and it will be a "twisted tale".
According to McGee, Grimm (which is to be released serially over Game Tap) is at the "half-way point" with 12 of 24 episodes at varying stages of completion. (thanks purplerose)
Let the speculation begin. There really isn't much sense in dwelling on what the game is going to be about, although it is a safe bet it will be based off of classic childhood stories. We can all be pretty sure it's not going to be Strawberry Shortcake.
American McGee Confirms Unreal Engine 3 'Twisted Tale' Project [Gamasutra]
Asterick
Posted to Video Games on 4 February 2008
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A little correction. I asked Mr.Mcgee himself what he meant by half way, and he responded.
"My comment about "12" means that we have 12 episodes now "in the development pipeline" - all at various stages. Some are undergoing Beta->Final, while others are in Alpha->Beta or Concept->Alpha."
Ah, forgive the double, but it dawned on me proof might be necessary.
http://www.americanmcgee.com/forum/index.php?topic=808.0
I liked Alice but that was a loooong time ago. Wasn't this guy involved with that steaming pile Bad Day L.A.? And I seem to remember reading something about a game based on the Wizard of Oz being planned, but nothing's come of that as far as I'm aware. How is it that he is still in the business of designing games? Not to mention the fact that plastering his name all over the titles of these games is incredibly tacky.
Yes, he was involved in Bad Day L.A., and it was a resoundingly bad idea. No idea how he's still riding the Alice cash, considering it was almost a decade ago.
The unfortunate thing with his name is they originally attached it to Alice so they could trademark the name (Alice in Wonderland has long been a public domain title, and as such it isn't something anyone can stake claim to). Way back in the day, the man was annoyed with the fact that he was getting credit for something for Alice when it was a team effort. I think it just set a precedent, like a brand name or something.
Just in case anyone reads back here, The writer of Alice is writing the grimm series. So barring terrible gameplay, it's going to be a pretty good series.