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 take into account 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 workforce 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 inside evaluation of the IP, market situations, and particulars of the manufacturing proposal.” When requested if it will take into account licensing the IP, EA instructed McGee that Alice is “an essential half” of its total portfolio, and the corporate has no plans to license or promote it.
Consequently, McGee has given up on Alice altogether and has determined to go away the business for good.
“I’ve no different concepts or vitality 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 setting for sport improvement,” McGee wrote.