American McGee’s Alice Madness Returns sequel dropped by EA

The sequel to Alice Madness Returns, titled Alice Asylum, has been scrapped by EA based on designer American McGee. The potential action-adventure game had been in Patreon-funded limbo for a while, as followers of the cult basic helped make the design doc ultimately seen by EA a actuality, however the writer has determined to not transfer ahead with the sequence, regardless of calling it an “vital” a part of their library.

It’s no secret that sport designer Amercian McGee has wished to make a sequel to the Alice duology – American McGee’s Alice and Alice: Insanity Returns – for fairly a while. McGee has been working on the early stages of this fabled third game, Alice: Asylum, for some time too, even going so far as to publish an over-400-page design doc after it was funded by followers of the cult basic.

McGee has now confirmed that the dream is useless, as writer EA gained’t fund the sport, whereas additionally it additionally refuses the promote or license the sequence, calling it an “vital” a part of its library, based on McGee.

“After a number of weeks of evaluate, EA has come again with a response relating to funding and/or licensing for ‘Alice: Asylum’,” American McGee writes on Patreon. “On the query of funding, they’ve finally determined to cross on the undertaking based mostly on an inner evaluation of the IP, market situations, and particulars of the manufacturing proposal.

“On the query of licensing, they replied that ‘Alice’ is a crucial a part of EA’s general sport catalog, and promoting or licensing it isn’t one thing they’re ready to do proper now.

In response to McGee, each the Patreon web page and pre-production of Alice: Asylum will enter hibernation at this stage, as “with these solutions from EA, there isn’t any different method ahead with the undertaking.”

After Alice: Madness Returns was abruptly removed and readded to Steam resulting from what McGee believed on the time was an harmless mistake, discuss of the cult basic sequence’ return has been at an all-time excessive.

McGee additionally makes use of the Patreon publish to focus on all of the “superb artists and designers” who have been funded to assist deliver Alice: Asylum to life, however McGee provides that he’s carried out with the sequence, and sport manufacturing usually.

“I’ve no different concepts or power left to use towards getting a brand new Alice sport made,” McGee writes. “Nor do I’ve any curiosity in pursuing new sport concepts inside the context of the present surroundings for sport growth.

“If somebody does handle to persuade EA to make ‘Asylum,’ I want to clarify that, from this level ahead, I’ve no want to be concerned with that or another Alice-related growth.”

When you can nonetheless take a look at what Alice: Asylum’s narrative outline was going to be, this seems to be it for the fantasy game. Though Alice: Asylum seems to be misplaced, you’ll be able to take a look at all of the upcoming PC games of this 12 months and past, and possibly one thing will fill that void.