American McGee's Grimm

(Kotaku writes:)Like most stories, this starts with a girl. Rather, this starts with a boy chasing a girl - to Hong Kong. The boy wasn't a boy, but developer American McGee. And the girl? We'll get to her later. For the time being, she's the impetus that spurred McGee to start frequently visiting Hong Kong and eventually fall in love with the city.

Joystiq is reporting an interesting bit of news regarding the upcoming PC title American McGee's Grimm. Mainly, it will be free for 24 hours. American McGee's Grimm is an episodic PC title from the creator of the stellar Alice and the not so stellar Bad Day L.A. It is a re-telling of famous and not-so famous fairytales, however, no more happy endings. The game will have players traveling to various bright and cheerful locations changing the Happily Ever After to and ending more to the likes of Edgar Allen Poe. The first episode, A Boy Learns What Fear Is, will be released on GameTap July 23rd for download.

Producer and designer American McGee didnt win much love from critics or fans with his last two titles: Bad Day L.A. and Scrapland. But making games safe for consumption by the masses has never been his MO. If theres one thing you can expect from an American McGee title, its something different, something that breaks ties with the expected and mundane. In his next project, words will be weapons and censorship will be your enemy. McGee is returning to his trademarked fairy tail twisting that

Game designer American McGee has revealed his new title in the works at his studio, Spicy Horse; Grimm, is planned for distribution by the subscription-based GameTap gaming service. Grimm is reported to be a series of action/adventure episodes "comprised of no fewer than 24 installments" says Shacknews who caught the designer's post before he deleted it from his blog. McGee also says that Grimm will be "a spiritual sequel of sorts" to American McGee's Alice, which was a good idea on paper but