EA abandons production of Alice: Madhouse
American McGee, producer of the classic action game "Alice: Homecoming Madness", recently published an article on his personal homepage, saying that the copyright owner of the game, EA, has abandoned its intention to develop a sequel, refused to fund the sequel and is unwilling to sell or license the IP.
As a work released in 2011, "Alice: Crazy Returns" has not had a sequel for 12 years, and last year because the game briefly landed on the Steam platform, many fans mistakenly thought that a continuation was expected.
Last June, Alice: Homecoming Madness was on Steam for three days
But in the end, McGee also clarified that this was only an oolong incident caused by the studio's negligence, and had nothing to do with the game's future plans.
Despite this, the sequel to the Alice series "Alice: Madhouse" has been recognized by the producers as early as 2021, and said that the script of the sequel has been planned, but it has not yet entered the development stage due to funding and copyright reasons, and crowdfunding has been launched on the website before.
Previously, the production team completed the 414-page "Alice: The Treasure Book of Madhouse Design" through crowdfunding, and made the PDF freely available, containing detailed game design, concept description, story story, as well as setting materials for weapons, costumes, enemies and bosses.
Now, McGee, who has lost EA support, also said in the article that he will close the crowdfunding page on the site, writing: "The adventure is over, and in my case, the end of making the Alice series and other games." I have no other ideas or energy to devote to making a new series or pursue new ideas in the current game development environment. ”
The Super Mario Bros. Movie became the highest-grossing animated film in history
Following "Journey to the Bell Buds" breaking the domestic animated film box office record, another popular film "Super Mario Movie" also set a new record this week.
According to data shown by the movie website Deadline, "Mario" has reached $368 million at the global box office, surpassing the previous record holder "Frozen" to become the highest-grossing animated film in history in the first week, of which the domestic film market contributed $12 million to the box office.
In addition to its excellent performance in the box office market, "Mario" has also received unanimous praise on various film review websites, with a current domestic Douban score of 8.1 and an overseas Rotten Tomatoes popcorn index of 96%.
Zhang Yimou will shoot the live-action online drama "League of Legends"
Zhang Yimou recently revealed at the Chinese Film Big Data Festival that the "League of Legends" online drama produced by himself will officially start filming in September this year.
According to previously announced news, this online drama has a total of 40 episodes, each 45 minutes, telling the story of an almost retired LPL first-line star motor and a game-talented high school student Bai Yang, because of an accidental soul exchange.
In response to reporters' questions, Zhang Yimou said that this is his first time shooting an online drama, which is very challenging for him, and wants to shoot a "very handsome, cool, and modern" texture.
The fighting game Tekken 8 will support cross-platform and rollback code features
The fighting game "Tekken 8", which has not announced a release date, recently revealed new news: the producer revealed on Twitter that the new game will support cross-platform battles and network rollback code (reduce operation delay and lag) features.
Fighting games released or about to be released in recent years, such as "Guilty Gear Fighting", "Street Fighter 6", "The King of Fighters 15", etc., basically regard the two major functions of cross-platform and rollback code as standard, and "The King of Fighters 15", which has not yet achieved cross-platform online, also recently announced that it will open cross-platform testing.
Katsuhiro Harada, the producer of the "Iron Fist" series, said on Twitter that cross-platform functions had been considered in the PS4 era, but it could not be achieved due to conflicts of interest with the platform and P2P security issues.
In response to another player's question "Is there a rollback code feature?" When asked, Harada Katsuhiro gave a very aggressive affirmative answer:
"Of course there will be rollback codes, and the reason why it doesn't make much publicity is because even if there is an announcement, people like you will just say, 'Wow, this is normal in this day and age,' so shut up and sit down."