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EA announces American McGee’s Alice 2

EA announces American McGee’s Alice 2

Today EA announced the sequel to American McGee’s original dark re imagining of the Alice universe in the form of American McGee’s Alice: Madness Returns.

The original American McGee’s Alice introduced us to a grim, violent, knife-wielding little girl who sliced her way through a Wonderland that was trying to end her at every turn.

From the press release:

Eleven years ago a horrific fire took Alice’s family from her and left her terribly burned—and her mind terribly scarred. Afterwards she was confined to Rutledge Asylum, struggling to come to terms with her demons by slipping into her fantasy world of Wonderland. Now, after ten years, she has finally secured her release—yet she still bears the heavy psychological burden of that tragic event.

In Alice: Madness Returns, Alice is released from the asylum to a London psychiatrist’s care. As nightmarish hallucinations continue to haunt her and invade her reality, she seeks to understand her torment in order to recover herself. Her mind in tatters, she is unable to resolve the fear and neuroses prompted by her strange memories, dreams, and visions. Her relocation to London seems only to add to their number and intensity.

Perhaps she’ll do better in Wonderland. She always has. She travels there, seeking what the “real” world can’t provide: security, knowledge, and the truth about the past. But in her absence, Wonderland too has suffered. Something has gone horribly wrong, and now a great evil is descending upon what once was her beautiful refuge.

Can Alice save Wonderland—and herself—from the madness that consumes them both?

Platforms and release dates have not been announced yet.

See more Alice: Madness Returns Videos at Alice: Madness Returns Official Site.

Comments

  1. Annes
    Annes I would LOVE to purchase the original Alice via Steam. I lost my CD ages ago.

    Also, SO IN.
  2. Canti
    Canti Harass Drasnor for it. I got it from him at EPIC.
  3. NullenVoyd
    NullenVoyd If this sequel has half the woot the first one did, it'll still be ten times as good as the more recent movie.

    Put it on Steam and I'm on-board!
  4. Lone_Wolf_28
    Lone_Wolf_28 My original disc of Mc'Gee's Alice is nowhere to be found... so +1 to the put-it-on-steam idea.
  5. Thrax
    Thrax Eleven years is a very long time to go between entries to a franchise. Is Alice 2 being announced because EA's franchise well was feeling a little dry? Call me cynical on this one.
  6. Lone_Wolf_28
    Lone_Wolf_28
    Thrax wrote:
    Eleven years is a very long time to go between entries to a franchise. Is Alice 2 being announced because EA's franchise well was feeling a little dry? Call me cynical on this one.

    There have been rumors of this comeback for years. Maybe the wanted a piece of the new Alice-hype cake (due to Tim Burton's movie and all), though it may be a little late for that...

    I wonder if this will affect the American McGees's Alice movie... haven't heard anything on that topic for a while...
  7. MAGIC
    MAGIC HEY!, great trailer.
  8. Annes
    Annes
    Canti wrote:
    Harass Drasnor for it. I got it from him at EPIC.

    Oh, I definitely did that. I would just like the option to re-purchase the game that frustrated me to no end when I was like...[strike]13[/strike]15.
  9. Bandrik
    Bandrik I've always wanted to try out the original game. Never got around to it, and now I find out that it goes for outrageous prices on eBay. I found one that was the game disc only (nothing else), and they still want $35 for it. Ouch.

    Yeah, I think Steam for $10 for the original would be an excellent game. In the meantime, those looking to play it, that $35 disc looks like the cheapest (legit) option.
  10. BobbyDigi
    BobbyDigi While showing the trailer to my coworker I noticed this little gem...

    "Follow @TheWhiteRabbit on Twitter"

    Clever Girl

    -Digi
  11. Koreish
    Koreish OMG I've always loved Alice and Wonderland and McGee's version is by far the best. Greatest news in gaming history right here folks.
  12. ardichoke
    ardichoke Man, as soon as I read this (yesterday) I went to Steam to see if I could get the original. I had always heard it was a great game. No dice though. I'm a sad panda.

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