爱丽斯：庇护 Alice: Asylum

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Alice: Asylum is currently a hypothetical video game proposal by American McGee as part of his vision for the series. It would be the third video game installment in the Alice series and a sequel to Alice: Madness Returns. It is one of two Alice projects aimed for a release in the 2020s, the other being a TV series which is confirmed to be in development.

Asylum was originally envisioned as being primarily a chronological prequel to American McGee's Alice, however, the newest draft has introduced new ideas that render this idea inaccurate. Asylum is intended to be the finale of an Alice trilogy, and assumes the player has already experienced both American McGee's Alice and Madness Returns, both of which are vital to the story. Alice: Otherlands is not important to the plot of Asylum and is rather inconsequential to whether or not it is experienced before or after Asylum.

Because Electronic Arts is difficult to fund another Alice and is very protective over IP rights, Asylum is intended to be crowdfunded. McGee originally intended October 2018 for the launch of the crowdfunding campaign, although it was put on hold.[1] In November 2018, McGee mentioned that the legal proceedings are going smoothly.[2]

Over the years, McGee has brainstormed the concept of the game, collaborating with artists and fans on his Patreon, preparing art, writing the story/design, etc. In August 2021, McGee released a potential game script and narrative outline, meaning the story of Asylum is already done for the most part.[3]

McGee said having EA as publisher isn't necessarily their goal: "We're working to self-publish or publish through other channels. Licensing the IP from EA and developing/publishing independently is the goal." He also mentioned that he intends to obtain permanent holdership to the Alice IP/license, so that he has the creative freedom to do what he wants with the series in the future, such as creating official Alice games, merchandise, a potential book, film, etc., without going through obstacles dealing with EA.[4]

If the crowdfund is successful, it is intended to be developed for PC, and for PlayStation 4/PlayStation 5 and Xbox One/Xbox Series S/X if Sony and Microsoft approve. He also mentioned the possibility of Nintendo Switch.[5] However, he also stressed that it really depends on which companies are willing to help with the project - as many platforms as possible is ideal.

McGee once floated a October 2021 release date for the game, but this was made impossible as time went by. No plans or announcements have been made regarding an official release date which currently remains unknown and yet to be determined at this time.