American McGee Takes Akaneiro: Demon Hunters to Kickstarter

By Chris Holzworth, Editorial Intern
Posted on January 4, 2013 AT 11:59am

American McGee—you know, the guy behind Alice and Alice: Madness Returns—and his crew at Shanghai’s Spicy Horse have taken their next game, Akaneiro: Demon Hunters, to Kickstarter.

Akaneiro: Demon Hunters is a free-to-play, browser-based action-RPG that blends elements of Little Red Riding Hood with Japanese mythology.

According to the Kickstarter page, the project needs “to raise $200,000 to support our current team of developers in realizing the most complete version the game. Listed below you’ll find out what we earnestly believe is necessary for Akaneiro to truly become the game we know it can be.”

Here’s the video from their Kickstarter page. In it, American McGee explains the project in more detail and shows the game in action.

Chris Holzworth has wanted to report on and critique games all his life. He first cut his teeth writing for enthusiast sites such as RPGFan, then took a break from gaming to study English, creative writing, and linguistics at Rutgers University. Started out as EGM's obligatory east coast correspondent before selling out and moving to the west coast. Chris is particularly keen on examining narrative structure, character development, and writing in video games. Frequently opens mouth, inserts foot, often where twittery things happen: @chrisholzworth. Meet the rest of the crew.

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