According to American McGee, EA Declines to Greenlight “Alice: Asylum”

Alice: Asylum, the anticipated third game in the Alice series, has been passed on by EA according to American McGee.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Wow EA you guys should do it frfr

[robtion]

For anyone interested in seeing what the third Alice game (Asylum) could have looked like here is a link to the design bible that outlines the art, game-play, and story for the game in great detail. Such a shame.

https://drive.google.com/dr...

[shinoff2183]

Excuse me for being blunt but fk you ea.

[Relientk77]

I played Alice: Madness Returns for the first time last year and it blew away all my expectations. It's amazing, fun, weird, wonderous, and so much more. A very creative and unique game. It's devastating to hear we aren't getting another Alice game. If EA doesn't want to do another Alice game than sell the license to American McGee.

[robtion]

He tried that approach. They won't sell the license. They say Alice is an important part of their game catalogue. They refuse to actually make another game in the series but won't let anyone else do it. Ridiculous.

[Evan_Beezy]

Petty corporate types

[IamTylerDurden1]

Shame. Both American Mcgee's Alice and Madness Returns were tremendous games with incredible art direction.

[sadraiden]

Does American McGee not have enough clout in the industry yet to start his own publishing house? Dude has been around since the early 90s, he worked on Doom II and Quake, AM Alice was a revelation when it came out, and he's had a few other modest hits as well. Does he really need EA?

[ZwVw]

Obviously not. His studio Spicey Horse was shut down and nowadays, he's been spending most of his time being an unapologetic CCP shill. How ironic for a guy whose first name is American.

[shinoff2183]

Ea owns it

Also zw sure thing 👍 smh

[IamTylerDurden1]

He does not. That's all old news. Man was creative and deserves to run a studio. Alice was sublime.

[AngainorG7X]

EA is cancer

[IamTylerDurden1]

Yet EA Originals is fantastic. Yes, they've been greedy and implemented bad practices but i'm not sure they are worse than Ubisoft. Ubi basically irradiated UbiArt, at least EA continues pushing Originals like A Way Out, Fe, It Takes Two, and Wild Hearts. Both push mtx bs and are at times stains on the industry but for me i at least appreciate the fact that they support EA Originals and seem to be going back to classic Bioware IP with DA and ME4 in development. There is some hope with EA after the low point of Anthem and Andromeda, loot boxes etc. Personally EA, Ubi, Embracer, Microsoft, and Tencent are all bad for the industry imo.

[DOMination-]

They might be good games but they were two generations ago. The mainstream does not give a toss about them. Harsh but true.

[shinoff2183]

You really don't know how mainstream would be towards it due to it not being greenlighted. I get what your trying to say but let's be honest ea should've taken a chance, hell let the fucking guy license it. Ea could've made something off of it. They are just sitting on it at this point. It's kinda dumb.

[Servbot41]

So if the mainstream doesn't care why doesn't EA just license it to him instead of lying about how they care about the "Alice" brand and don't want anyone to touch it? It would cost them literally nothing and they stand to make a possible profit if it ends up being a hit.

[DOMination-]

Maybe the fella shouldn't have struck a deal with a major publisher where they held the IP.

[Seraphim]

you do realize developers/publishers don't 'need' mainstream to have a successful, profitable, well loved title right.

[Dagexon]

Damn. I really hope either EA get their shit together and change their mind or the license can be passed on to a different publisher/American McGee.
Urgh this is just so shit. There's so many fans that are looking forward to the sequel

[IamTylerDurden1]

It was a PS3 game and Spicy Horse dessolved 2 generations ago. Ship done sailed bruh.

[Knightofelemia]

F*ck EA Alice is one of my favorite games, Dead Space, Brutal Legends, Dante's Inferno, along with ME are my favorite EA games. EA should just let the franchise go and have someone else publish it.

[IamTylerDurden1]

I love those games also but they are all 2 generations old. Spicy Horse is dead and AMR never sold or scored as it should've. It's been done. I'd take a remake/master though. But even that is unlikely. Both Alice games were brilliant.

[fan_of_gaming]

"After several weeks of review, EA has come back with a response regarding funding and/or licensing for 'Alice: Asylum'. On the question of funding, they have ultimately decided to pass on the project based on an internal analysis of the IP, market conditions, and details of the production proposal. 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."

So EA says the IP is an important part of their company, but also that an analysis of the IP determined they won't make a game for it. Typical EA bullshit.

[shinoff2183]

Same thing they do with sim city. Sim city done right is a fantastic strategy game but ea would just f it up like they did with Sim city 5.

[hotnickles]

Lol not surprised

[Inverno]

Well EA did say they were moving on from indie/niche and pump out more AAA. Odd however that they won't sell or even licence what wouldn't have been made without McGee in the first place. I actually bought it recently as it was on sale on Steam. People are honestly better off not working with EA. They have a handful of games that're really interesting but no matter how many people buy them up EA won't care to support em.

[Sonic1881]

Not surprised by EA

[GhostScholar]

I’d love a new game in this series

[isarai]

What dweebs

[mastershredder]

Don’t kid yourself. Alice was never a big seller. We were lucky we even saw a sequel and again, the game was not a big seller. These games were truly an original spin on Alice, wonderland and beyond the looking glass, but it is not surprising that EA would turn it down.

[gold_drake]

Madness Returns was soo good.

at this point, EA should just pass on the licence to someone else if they're not doing anything with it.

[XxINFERNUSxX]

If EA does greenlight a new Alice game in the future and American McGee was not involved at all I will get it for free.(And I will let EA know how)😁
But if American did help develop a future Alice with EA, then yes I would buy it only because American was involved.

[Lionsguard]

The day EA no longer exists is the day I dance in the streets.

[banger88]

"McGee had a number of stepfathers when growing up until his mother finally settled into a relationship with a transgender woman. When McGee was sixteen, he came home from school and found his house empty and abandoned; the only things left were his bed, his books, his clothes and his Commodore 64 computer. His mother had sold the house to pay for two plane tickets and the fee for her girlfriend's gender confirmation surgery, leaving him on his own."

Holy shit. Amazing he turned out the way he did. He could have easily ended up in an asylum himself.

[KillBill]

The licensing cost likely doesn't make it profitable.

[SDuck]

If they don't believe in the IP enough to fund a third one, they should remake the first one. Remakes always carry an extra hype for nostalgia purposes and it would expose this awesome franchise to a new generation!

[Yui_Suzumiya]

I got Alice: Madness Returns for PS3 on launch day back in 2011 so this is a shame to hear. Find someone that will publish it!