American McGee's Chinese Studio Working on "Twisted" Unreal Engine 3-powered Project

by Nick Breckon, Feb 04, 2008 8:49am PST

Related Topics – Unreal Engine 3, American McGee

We knew designer American McGee was at work on American McGee's Grimm, an episodic take on the classic fairy tales for GameTap.

Now a post on American McGee's blog has revealed the developer's second project as an "[Unreal Engine 3] based, big publisher, multi-platform, twisted tale project."

The unannounced game is in pre-production at Spicy Horse, American McGee's Shanghai, China-based studio.

"At the moment this is purely for recruiting purposes - an official announcement will come when the time is right," wrote McGee, who is seeking to fill a long list of production roles. "This is going to be a world-class product, and we're hoping to attract world-class talent to the team."

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American McGee's American McGee presents: American McGee's American McGee American McGee's American McGee presents: American McGee's American McGee American McGee's American McGee presents: American McGee's American McGee

Feb 04, 2008 9:59pm PST

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I like Alice alot fuck you haters.

Feb 04, 2008 10:45am PST

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  What are your feelings on 'Bad Day L.A.?' or 'Scrapland?' I'm starting to believe 'Alice' was awesom... : dumptruck
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    Scrapland was lent to me by a friend, and I must say it was quite an interesting game - as a semi-linear ... : focusdaily
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  Erebus - your witty repartee and scathing use of the F-word has set the haters straight, surely. : wytefang
  - oh noes it's the F-word. : sartori69
  - Ha ha! And "alot" is two words. : sellis16

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I think it will be funny looking back on this year and last and seeing the ridiculous number of studios going with that engine. I mean, lately devs might as well just say "We're making a game." and everyone will just assume it's with Unreal Engine 3. Also, half a million for an engine is pretty crazy if you ask me no matter how intuitively the shader nodes connect.

Feb 04, 2008 8:57am PST

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American McGee needs to take the following steps if he'd like to become nominally important again (or relevant, for that matter):

1. Change his retarded name
2. Stop plastering his retarded name on his games
3. Make FAR better games
4. Stop living off of his one decent hit (i.e. "Alice")

Thank you. This has been a public-service announcement.

Feb 04, 2008 9:55am PST

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American McGee's Twisted Metal?

Feb 04, 2008 1:24pm PST

American McGee's Twisted Metal? : Sideways Bob

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American McGee should totally make a game based off of some type of fairy tale, seems like a pretty original and untapped concept.

Feb 04, 2008 9:18am PST

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So, why is he in Shanghai again?

Feb 04, 2008 9:51am PST

So, why is he in Shanghai again? : Dave-A

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Woo-hoo! The using-American-McGee's-name-eighty-times-in-a-three-paragraph-story meme is dead!

Feb 04, 2008 8:56am PST

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Chinese McGee?

Feb 04, 2008 9:38am PST

Chinese McGee? : capt tripps

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Ubi Shanghai :(

Feb 04, 2008 9:16am PST

Ubi Shanghai :( : Magus

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Brecky, I don't know whether to be upset or proud that you avoided overloading that story or headline up with a lot of "American McGee's X".

Actually, that would be an interesting take on the Edward Norton movie....

Feb 04, 2008 8:56am PST

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- "American McGee's blog" was enough for me. I'd play that game. : Nick Breckon

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