Alice Crimson

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Alice Crimson (アリスクリムゾン, arisukurimuzon) was a subsidiary branch of Champion Soft Co., Ltd. founded in 2002.

Based in Tokyo, Alice Crimson was created alongside its counterparts Alice Blue and Alice Noir as part of a push by Champion Soft to expand and diversify its output in the increasingly competitive adult-gaming market. The team that made up its staff had previously worked together to develop the PC version of the mini-game Sat-chan the Annihilator!! Included with mail-ordered copies of the Alicesoft game Daiakuji. The first project the group produced under the name Alice Crimson was an updated version of Sat-chan the Annihilator!! distributed to subscribers of Push! Magazine, which included a short message introducing themselves among its files.

Alice Crimson made its official debut in the April 2002 issue of the Alicesoft User Club newsletter. Its mascots were the gothic lolita Milfuine (ミルフィーヌ, Mirufīnu) and Ougai (鷗外, Ōgai) the cat. The company unveiled its first major project, a romance simulation game titled IC, in the June 2002 issue of the User Club newsletter, giving it a projected release date of fall of that year. An official webpage for the label was also launched, but featured nothing beyond a brief message claiming it to be under construction.

While two additional updates on ic appeared in the August and October issues of the User Club newsletter, Alice Crimson abruptly ceased making public statements after this and the year ended without the game being released. The company was not referenced again until Champion Soft's vice president TADA briefly mentioned it during his year in review in the December 2003 issue of the User Club newsletter. TADA revealed that he was unsure what Alice Crimson had been working on and thus could not offer any insight into its work beyond giving vague words of encouragement to its staff.

In 2004, Alice Crimson was officially shut down alongside Alice Blue and Alice Noir. It was the only one of the three to fail to release a single game to retail prior to its closure.