Alice: Madness Returns release date announced

Alice: Madness Returns will be released in America on June 14, 2011 announced developer Spicy Horse. It will hit Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

Madness Returns is the sequel to the 2000 Windows and Mac title American McGee’s Alice.

The Wonderland that you knew from childhood has gone horribly wrong … again. This is the follow-up to designer American McGee’s twisted take on the classic Lewis Carroll tale. Designed with the same dark style of the original, but now featuring entirely new visuals, story and game design, Alice: Madness Returns follows Alice on a journey through a wildly corrupted and shattered Wonderland to uncover the truth behind her haunted past and tortured psyche.

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 institutionalized 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 a rich and provocative Wonderland.

Here is a trailer for the game.

Key features of Alice: Madness Returns include:

Fall into the rabbit hole that is Alice’s insanity – Follow Alice back to her private paradise to discover a Wonderland corrupted by the darkest recesses of the mind.

Alice escapes to Wonderland, seeking refuge from the brutal streets of London, but there are those in Wonderland who seek to cause Alice harm. With an arsenal of unusual weapons, including the legendary Vorpal Blade, Alice is far from defenseless.

From the Mad Hatter to the Red Queen, Wonderland?s most famous residents are back, but some may not be as you remember them. Return to Wonderland to see what has become of its most prominent denizens when chaos is all that reigns.