American McGee, the Quake alumnus famed for his eponymous action-adventure series based on Alice in Wonderland, is returning to game development with a spiritual successor inspired by his line of plushies. McGee retired from game development in 2023 after a pitch for a third Alice game was rejected by EA. But nearly three years since hanging up his keyboard forever, McGee has apparently changed his mind.
Speaking to GamesRadar, McGee revealed that his return to game development was sparked by a confluence of inspiration. The first is his company Plushie Dreadfuls, which McGee and his wife Yeni Zhang started in 2015 while trying to support their pitch for that third Alice game (titled Alice: Asylum). The line proved immensely successful, to the point where McGee paid back an ancient loan to id Software cofounder John Carmack. "It's like a rocket that took off without us knowing there was even a rocket," McGee told GamesRadar.
