American McGee quits games, EA will not greenlight Alice: Asylum
American McGee has announced that he will no longer be working to produce videogames, after EA confirmed that it would not be greenlighting Alice: Asylum. Posting on Patreon, McGee said that without the backing from EA, there are no other ways to get Alice: Asylum into development.The Patreon page for the project will not be taking anymore donations. EA owns the rights to this particular Alice IP, though Alice In Wonderland itself is now in the public domain.
In a statement, American McGee wrote, “For my part, I have also reached an endpoint with “Alice” and with game production in general. I have no other ideas or energy left to apply toward getting a new Alice game made. Nor do I have any interest in pursuing new game ideas within the context of the current environment for game development. This brings us full circle to the statement I made years ago which initiated EA reaching out to me to ask if I wanted to explore making a new Alice game…
I have no control over the Alice IP and no ability to make a new game happen. That control and ability rest entirely with EA.
If someone does manage to convince EA to make “Asylum,” I would like to make clear that, from this point forward, I have no desire to be involved with that or any other Alice-related development. My involvement with “Alice” is also at an end. Going forward, I will focus on my family and our family business at Mysterious.
Last year, American McGee announced a TV show was going to be made based on the Alice games, with David Hayter as show runner. However, as McGee has stated he is done with Alice as a whole, it looks like the TV show will also not be coming to fruition.
Source: Patreon
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