The Alice: Madness Returns dev team ‘made history,’ American McGee says: It was ’the first team ever to tell EA *** and (kinda) get away with it’
American McGee, creator of Alice, has shared a story about the Alice: Madness Returns development team’s notable confrontation with publisher EA. According to McGee, the team made what he characterizes as a historic statement—claiming it was “the first team ever to tell EA [something] and (kinda) get away with it.” The specific nature of the team’s bold stance toward the publisher is not detailed in the available excerpt. McGee has been recently active in sharing development stories, including previously discussing inspiration drawn from Valve during his time working on Quake 2 at id Software. The anecdote humorously raises speculation about whether this conflict might have contributed to the absence of a third Alice game, though this connection is presented as conjecture rather than confirmed fact.