Developer American McGee has mentioned that his pitch for a brand new Alice sport, Alice: Asylum, has been rejected by Digital Arts. The corporate has additionally refused to license the IP not to mention think about promoting it.
American McGee has been engaged on a brand new Alice sport for a number of years
Alice: Asylum has been within the works for quite a few years. McGee assembled a staff of builders who labored on the idea and put collectively a complete pitch for what would have been the third sport within the collection.
In an replace on his Patreon, McGee revealed that EA has “determined to go on the undertaking based mostly on an inner evaluation of the IP, market situations, and particulars of the manufacturing proposal.” When requested if it might think about licensing the IP, EA instructed McGee that Alice is “an essential half” of its general portfolio, and the corporate has no plans to license or promote it.
Because of this, McGee has given up on Alice altogether and has determined to depart the trade for good.
“I’ve no different concepts or power left to use towards getting a brand new Alice sport made, nor do I’ve any curiosity in pursuing new sport concepts throughout the context of the present surroundings for sport improvement,” McGee wrote.
