American McGee reaches "endpoint with game production" as EA once again passes on third Alice game
Alice: Madness Returns creator American McGee has "reached an endpoint with Alice and with game production in general" after he revealed Electronic Arts won't sanction a new Alice game, nor license the IP to enable him to take the game to another publisher.
In a lengthy post shared on American McGee's Patreon (opens in new tab) page, McGee explained that after years of preparation alongside "a team of artists, writers, designers, modelers, and producers" and, of course, collaboration with his "Insane Children" Patreon community, EA – which owns the rights to the Alice franchise – "ultimately decided to pass on the project".
"On the question of funding, [EA] has ultimately decided to pass on the project based on an internal analysis of the IP, market conditions, and details of the production proposal," McGee explained. "On the question of licensing, they replied that Alice is an important part of EA’s overall game catalog, and selling or licensing it isn’t something they’re prepared to do right now.
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"At this point, we have exhausted every option for getting a new Alice game made. With those answers from EA, there is no other way forward with the project. As such, we will be hibernating this Patreon page and related pre-production activities. The content will remain in place but we'll no longer present options for funding "Alice: Asylum" efforts via this (or any other) platform."
"Alice: Asylum is at an end."
McGee ends the post saying he has
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