http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress An American Game Designer in Shanghai Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:34:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2011/12/15/best-art-direction-for-alice-madness-returns/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2011/12/15/best-art-direction-for-alice-madness-returns/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:34:19 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=1169 MSNBC Tech has awarded Alice: Madness Returns a "Best Art Direction" award for 2011. Alice had some serious competition for the honor, going up against some of the year's biggest and most beautiful games.]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2011/12/15/best-art-direction-for-alice-madness-returns/feed/ 0 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/12/01/bigger-budgets-more-quality/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/12/01/bigger-budgets-more-quality/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:49:52 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=1085 Read on gi.biz today of an interview with Romuald Capron, COO at Arkane Studios of his views on budgets and team size as they relate to the creation of quality games. He says of smaller teams and outsourcing, “I think that’s a good way to maintain reasonable budgets, and I think a lot of companies [...]]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/12/01/bigger-budgets-more-quality/feed/ 1 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/10/25/patience-grasshoppers/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/10/25/patience-grasshoppers/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:58:56 +0000 Lilith70 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=1079 We’re going to be tweaking the theme here in a bit, and it may take a little while. Please refrain from fussing about broken links or weird spacing until we’re all done. Actually… refrain from doing it then, too.]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/10/25/patience-grasshoppers/feed/ 0 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/09/20/ebox-a-console-for-china/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/09/20/ebox-a-console-for-china/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:45:47 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=1062 Lots of news these days about Lenovo's announcement of the "Ebox" - a game console built in and for China (as well as the rest of Asia).]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/09/20/ebox-a-console-for-china/feed/ 1 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/07/23/alice-as-a-cover-girl/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/07/23/alice-as-a-cover-girl/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:16:41 +0000 Lilith70 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=1016 GamePro is going all-out and featuring our very own Alice on the cover of their September 2010 issue.  According to the article on their website, Will Herring will be discussing the early previews of the game during his 14-page feature.  Will visited with us in China recently to get the scoop straight from the Horse’s [...]]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/07/23/alice-as-a-cover-girl/feed/ 3 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/07/21/finally-the-official-announcement/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/07/21/finally-the-official-announcement/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:57:27 +0000 Lilith70 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=1014 Today at the EA Showcase, American finally got to announce the name of the new game, Alice: Madness Returns, and also to show a spectacular 30-second teaser. EA has now opened up the official Alice sequel website, plus there’s a Twitter account, thewhiterabbit you can follow, and we also now have a Facebook page. How [...]]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/07/21/finally-the-official-announcement/feed/ 8 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/06/09/peasant-da-vincis-at-shanghai-rockbund/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/06/09/peasant-da-vincis-at-shanghai-rockbund/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:16:29 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=946 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/06/09/peasant-da-vincis-at-shanghai-rockbund/feed/ 0 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/06/08/wind-power-to-blow-strongly/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/06/08/wind-power-to-blow-strongly/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:23:16 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=943 From Shanghai Daily: Wind power to blow strongly CHINA is expected to increase its total offshore wind-power capacity from 5,000 megawatts in 2015 to 30,000MW by 2020, a senior official at a hydropower institute said. “Shanghai as well as Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong and Fujian provinces have already submitted their offshore wind-power blueprints. Their combined off-shore [...]]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/06/08/wind-power-to-blow-strongly/feed/ 2 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/01/23/off-the-map-in-china/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/01/23/off-the-map-in-china/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:31:53 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=847 Off the Map in China Gamasutra has posted an interview by Christian Nutt with your truly. It begins with… Famous for his work with id Software and on EA-published cult classic Alice, American McGee set up shop in Shanghai, China, in 2007 with his new studio, Spicy Horse. Though the company’s first game, Grimm, for [...]]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2010/01/23/off-the-map-in-china/feed/ 0 http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2009/12/18/iphone-developer-spicy-pony-launched/ http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2009/12/18/iphone-developer-spicy-pony-launched/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:21:44 +0000 American http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=822 news that the iPhone is gaining traction in China, Shanghai-based Spicy Horse gives birth to a mobile division aptly named "Spicy Pony". Last week the Pony quietly released its first app - the unique brain trainer "DexIQ". This week it makes official its entry into the iPhone arena with an eye towards developing entertainment, game and social apps for the Asian and Western markets. ]]> http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/2009/12/18/iphone-developer-spicy-pony-launched/feed/ 0