American McGee’s Alice: Madness Returns removed from Steam, again

American McGee’s 2011 traditional Alice: Insanity Returns has been faraway from sale on Steam as soon as once more, just some months after it returned to the service following a protracted absence prior. The action-adventure recreation was unavailable for a number of years after points with EA’s DRM induced the sport to be faraway from sale on the Steam retailer, following its transfer to EA’s Origin market. It wasn’t till February 2022 that it lastly returned – with the troublesome DRM eliminated – and now it’s gone as soon as once more.

Alice: Insanity Returns is a delightfully darkish, cartoonish tackle the Alice in Wonderland lore, with a narrative that splits its time between the dirty streets of Victorian London and the colorful fantasies of Wonderland. Now, the title – the brainchild of former Doom and Quake developer American McGee – has been faraway from sale on Steam, with a message stating that this was carried out on the request of the writer.

McGee himself has taken to Twitter, saying that he believes the title was eliminated by mistake when one other of developer Spicy Horse’s video games was being faraway from sale. Akaneiro: Demon Hunters was presupposed to be faraway from sale as “it was damaged,” says McGee, however all of Spicy Horse’s different titles have been eliminated by chance on the similar time.

The sport, which is sitting at a ‘very constructive’ ranking on Steam, has run into points on a number of events – except for its lengthy Steam hiatus, McGee himself fell foul of a copyright declare when streaming the sport on YouTube. I not too long ago performed by way of it following information of its return to the Steam storefront and had a good time, having fun with its whimsical, grimdark fairytale methods and surprisingly stable fight (albeit with an admittedly clunky digicam).

It’d be a disgrace, then, have been the fantasy recreation to not return to the shop – though McGee has reached out to Valve help to try to resolve the problem, so it appears possible that it’ll be out there once more quickly. Whether or not we’ll ever see the third recreation within the collection, Alice: Asylum, is a extra unsure prospect, nevertheless.