: Fans and critics argue that companies like EA "sit on" IPs, neither developing them nor allowing the original creators to buy them back, effectively causing the death of beloved franchises. 3. Community Resilience and Fan Projects
For over a decade, fans of the gothic action-platformer series American McGee’s Alice (2000) and Alice: Madness Returns (2011) awaited a trilogy-closer. When project lead American McGee announced that EA had passed on the proposed sequel, Alice: Asylum , the community shifted its focus to leaked content—often referred to in Portuguese-speaking circles as "Alice vazou"—to piece together "what could have been". 1. The Design Bible: From Pitch to Public Record alice unleashed vazou
In the wake of the leaks and cancellation, the community has attempted to keep the vision alive: : Fans and critics argue that companies like