Alice: Madness Returns confirmed for 2011

The dark and deranged sequel to the PC hit, American McGee's Alice.

EA and Spicy Horse Games have announced the new title from American McGee, Alice: Madness Returns, the dark and deranged sequel to the 2000 PC hit, American McGee's Alice.

The game follows Alice on a journey through a wildly corrupted and shattered Wonderland to uncover the truth behind her haunted past and tortured psyche.

"Alice is a classic fiction, infinitely rich with memorable characters, places and experiences. Our approach to Alice: Madness Returns takes this colourful world and reinvents it with psychotic personalities and pervasive insanity," said American McGee, Spicy Horse Games Co-Founder and Senior Creative Director. "We can’t wait to share our vision with Alice in Wonderland fans and gamers around the world."

Alice: Madness Returns takes place 10 years after the conclusion of the original game, with Alice struggling to recover from the emotional trauma of losing her entire family in a fatal fire. After spending a decade institutionalised in an insane asylum, she is finally released to the care of a psychiatrist who just may be able to help her conquer the nightmarish hallucinations that still haunt her.

Alice embarks on a mission to root out the true cause of her family's mysterious death, jumping from a gloomy and stark London to Wonderland.

Alice: Madness Returns will be available in 2011 for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.