On Monday, we brought you an awfully
official-looking teaser trailer for a follow-up to
American McGee's Alice, which was announced in February. Now,
via his blog, McGee is debunking the cool stop-motion clip, saying, "I wanted to clear up any confusion ... it was unofficial, and does not represent any of the final art direction or story elements in
Alice 2." It's worth noting that when we attempted to verify the clip's authenticity on Monday, we tracked the site (the now-missing
www.returnofalice.com) back to
American McGee, so the confusion is pretty understandable.
The "fan" that created the video, Troy Morgan, is an accomplished artist who has
worked with the developer in the past. Morgan says he created the ad on spec as an ad pitch to EA, though it appears not to have been picked up. It's a pity, because the clip was just starting to get us excited for a return to (evil) Wonderland.
{ Nov 4th 2009 at 12:15PM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Torque_AOD @ Nov 4th 2009 12:18PM
BUT ALICE 2 IS COMING RIGHT????
RIGHT???????????????????????
carmaction @ Nov 4th 2009 12:18PM
It really bothers me that she isn't using a pillow.
Like, a lot.
Captain Planet [Planeteer | Power of Captain Planet] @ Nov 4th 2009 12:20PM
There goes my boner =(
Giroro @ Nov 4th 2009 12:21PM
Yes, it was stop motion.
Jack Tretton @ Nov 4th 2009 12:32PM
"It's worth noting that when we attempted to verify the clip's authenticity on Monday, we tracked the site...back to American McGee..."
What, you went as far as a Whois query?
"See! The billing contact is American McGee! Confirmation!"
Justin McElroy @ Nov 4th 2009 1:27PM
Uh, no. As you can see in the link there, he also said that he posted it. So a LITTLE more in depth than that.
Reuben @ Nov 4th 2009 12:32PM
I am insanely excited for this game. I picked up the original when I was in 8th grade, on the cheap at a Mac store and have played it a total of 4 times since then.
I also, uh, bought the soundtrack.
justinslot @ Nov 4th 2009 1:45PM
Is the original available as a download anywhere? It would be nice for those of us who missed it the first time. If it isn't (and I haven't seen it at any of the usual sources) I don't understand why it isn't.
Carrie @ Nov 4th 2009 1:54PM
At least there's still gonna BE an Alice 2. I didn't expect the game to look like the trailer anyway, stop motion would be tricky to pull off.