Lost Continents

Lost Continents is a cancelled Xbox and PC MMORPG by VR1. It was inspired by 1930s film thrillers and pulp adventure stories.

Gameplay
The game had unique personalised worlds called Private Zones. These are zones spawn just for you and your group. These zones are private to prevent griefing and to have the same storyline for all group members.

The storyline is given via expeditions. These are given per your actions in previous expeditions. Each zone has a fixed number of episodes but has a branching storyline.

Africa was the starting zone but many more were planned. Europe, Asia, the Americas, and more.

Lost Continents was to be user-friendly. There were no restrictions on twinking and PvP was not an option.

Cancellation
Lost Continents was cancelled when they failed to find a publisher. VR1 were unable to get anyone to buy their IP. In October 2002 VR-1 merged with Jaleco to form Jaleco Entertainment.

Timeline:
 * November 28th, 2001: game announced for PC
 * March 12nd, 2002: game announced for Xbox
 * April 15th 2002: game cancelled