American McGee says that he'd "really love it" if fans stopped asking him questions about , noting that the rights belong to and that it's now nothing to do with him.
Over the past few years, American McGee has been putting together𝔉 a plan for a third game in ꦑthe Alice series, titled Alice: Asylum. Despite McGee getting a near-500-page plan for the game put together, last week EA refused to fund a third game and also r🍸efused to sell the license to him, effectively shutting down McGee's version of a new Alice game.
Alongside announcing the EA wouldn't be funding the game, McGee announced that it was the end of his time in "game production in general" and that he wouldn't be pursuing any other method to get a new Alice off the ground. Now, , McGee has shared an update on .
The Patreon update acts as a Q&A where McGee answers any hypothetical questions about Alice: Asylum's fate and the future of the Patreon. Alongside confirming that he's doing okay, McGee also says that he wants his fans to stop asking him about Alice and that he wants some space from the IP and the situation.
McGee said, "I'd really love it if people could stop asking me questions about "Alice" in general. The rights are very simple - EA owns Alice and they control it. If you want to do something with the IP, you are free to do that - just like you are with all other IPs - but you get into trouble when you start trying to sell the stuff you create. Additional questions on this stuff should be directed at EA. I really want some space from "Alice" and questions related to it."
If that response seems a little cold, then it's worth remembering that McGee spent years of his life trying to get a third Alice game made, and that EA's reasoning for why they won't let him make Asylum was that Alice is an "important part" of its catalogue. That's ignoring the fact that it's done nothing with Alice since Madness Returns back in 2011.
McGee was also a lot kinder and more sympathetic in his sign-off message from the Patreon page, saying that he knows how much "pain and anger" his fans are feeling over the project's cancellation. He says that he respects anyone who's choosing to stay and fight for the IP, but that they must also respect his decision to move on from it.