American McGee Says Alice Fans Could Use AI To Make A Sequel

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American McGee has released a new video, sharing what he says will be his final words on the ill-fated Alice video game series. This comes after EA rejected his proposal to revive the series, leaving it on ice since the 2011 sequel, Alice: Madness Returns.

Towards the end of the video, McGee tells fans that EA has no interest in bringing Alice back, and claims that he is legally barred from creating his own spiritual successor. Instead, he brings up the possibility of fans creating their own Alice game, saying that the game bible for the cancelled sequel could be "the perfect thing to feed into an AI system". Although he admits there are a "ton of legal and ethical questions."

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In the video, McGee says he has done "everything that [he] could over multiple years" to get the Alice sequel, Alice: Asylum, off the ground. He calls on fans to stop asking him about Alice: Asylum since he doesn't own the IP, and EA reportedly has "no desire" to bring back the series.

Instead, McGee suggests that fans could bring the series back themselves - although it would be through another method EA would hardly approve of.

"I do think though that there is a ray of hope for those of you out there that would like to see Alice's story continued and that is that the design bible," says McGee. "The complete story, the artwork, all of the chapters, the weapons, the enemies, everything that you could need to develop the new game - it all exists inside of the design bible.

"The design bible, as produced, is the perfect thing to feed into an AI system to have it completely build the game that is outlined in that design bible."

McGee continues, again stressing that he can't do anything