New American McGee's Alice Announced

[Flawless]

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EA press release:

Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Spicy Horse today announced that they have signed a publishing deal for an all-new title based on EA’s 2000 classic, American McGee’s Alice™. The game reunites EA with American McGee, the creative visionary behind the original game. The new title is in development for the PC, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360® video game console.

“This new project is a dream come true for me and the fans who’ve kept the Alice flame alive,” said American McGee, senior creative director at Spicy Horse. “EA gave us creative latitude and support on the original game which resulted in something beautiful and daring. This trip through the looking glass promises to be even more exciting.”

“EA Partners is thrilled to team up with American McGee and Spicy Horse on the next installment of the Alice franchise,” said David DeMartini, senior vice president and general manager of EA Partners. “American McGee’s interpretation of Alice was an instant classic, and EA Partners is ready to help him bring his innovative vision for the franchise to even darker, more exciting places.”

[Alai]

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Cool, I liked the original's creepy and bizarre atmosphere and gameplay.

[jmood88]

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I always wanted to play the first one so I'm looking forward to this.

[tktnuri]

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My wife loved the game had a great look and feel to it. Can't wait to play it on a console.

[goh]

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[Flawless]

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Screens and new teaser trailer:


Alice: Madness Returns

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?

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[Flawless]

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Cover story for next GamePro

The September issue of GamePro magazine, shown to the right, is shipping to subscribers this week and will land on newsstands at the end of the month. The cover story is for a sequel that many fans have been clamoring almost a decade for -- Alice: Madness Returns.

GamePro learned about the game's development by traveling thousands of miles to Shanghai to visit the team at Spicy Horse, led by famed developer and twisted fairytale creator American McGee. In the article, GamePro talked to McGee about how his young and diverse international team is working on a triple-A title for Electronic Arts. The article's author (Will Herring) was able to check out a sizable amount of the game's disturbing new imagery. In addition to the in-depth 14-page preview, Herring also penned a two-page Alice timeline that chronicles the famous fairytale from its origins in 1865 to this year's Tim Burton retelling.

[Kodiak33]

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I thought the original was awesome, and I had hoped Tim Burton would make his Alice similar to this story line.

This looks like it will fill that gap.

[LionsFanNJ]

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as a side note, i wish the American McGee Alice movie with SMG from Buffy never fell through. I really wanted to see that.

Still have to play the first one, i would always forget about it.

[Flawless]

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[Jasong7777]

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Man that looks good.

[goh]

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C'mon EA,you've got money. Shell out for White Rabbit!

[Flawless]

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[goh]

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For the PC version you have to buy it from EA to get the original.

First review is a 5/10:

The US Official PlayStation Magazine has the first review of Alice: Madness Returns, and it's not a positive one.

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The review acknowledges the game's ambition and psychological elements as plus points, but slammed its "gimmick-reliant" platforming, repetition and pace. "A poor pace potholes the proceedings," says the review. "The game lingers on its jumping puzzles, reveling in presenting us with open vistas that require navigation across partially invisible pathways, weighted platforms, billowing air vents, and ever-shifting floors. With this limited vocabulary, Alice chugs and chugs and chugs."

It goes on: "Timing challenges are added and overdone, and some are additionally hampered by the need to shoot targets with a Pepper Grinder gun saddled with a manual aim system that is imprecise at best. The game tops off its overlong, overly gimmick-reliant platform navigation with heroine-crushing blocks, spiked platforms, and flame spitters."

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/303667/news/first-alice-madness-returns-review-aint-pretty/

and there was this trailer from the other day (they still didn't shell out for White Rabbit)

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[LionsFanNJ]

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ah that's disappointing i was really hoping this turned out well. I like twisted Alice in wonderland stories.