American McGee reveals new project

By Robert Purchese Published 5 February, 2008

Pre-production starting soon.

Bonkers game designer American McGee has announced his Spicy Horse studio is working on a new game. A "world-class" game, if you're asking.

The revelation came by way of his blog, where he's advertising for staff to help him make the title.

"So it is with a mixture of pride and awe that I get to 'announce' our 2nd project," said McGee - no, not Debbie. "At the moment this is purely for recruiting purposes - an official announcement will come when the time is right.

"What I can say about the project is this: 'UE3-based, big publisher, multi-platform, twisted tale project' - pre-production is starting soon. This is going to be a world-class product, and we're hoping to attract world-class talent to the team."

If he doesn't say so himself. But who is he? Just a man with a funny name? No, no. He worked for id Software years ago and made Quake and things, before creating a twisted version of Alice in Wonderland for EA.

Not only was this probably his best game to date, featuring highly stylised visuals and a superb demented setting, but it falls in the "twisted tale" genre he is touting for the new project.

Most recently American McGee released Bad Day L.A., a cartoon-inspired third-person action game where you run around as a crude homeless chap solving all sorts of disasters like plane crashes and fires. Despite its comical potential it failed to deliver, receiving a critical panning and low scores.

His first project at Spicy Horse is Grimm, a 24-part series based on the fabulous Grimm Fairy Tales, where birds peck out eyes and gruesome things like that. Clearly has a taste for the dark side.

It's due to be aired on US digital distribution site GameTap this spring. No word on a European release just yet.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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