1906: An Arctic Odyssey

1906: An Arctic Odyssey is a cancelled PS2 and Xbox game by Darkworks. It was to be an survival action-adventure game loosely based on the works of Jules Verne.

Plot
The year is 1906 and much of the South Pole remains a mystery. The game would be like Alone in the Dark but set in a icy setting. You would control two people as you fight for survival in search of the unknown.



Development
In 2001 the title of the game was changed to USS Antarctica. The gameplay was shifted to include team-based stealth. It was intended to be a trilogy.

Along the way USS Antartica was renamed to Lost Mantis. Either that or Lost Mantis is one of the games in the trilogy.

Cancellation
USS Antarctica was cancelled when it failed to find a publisher. Some of the elements from it went into another Darkworks game: Cold Fear. What started with one cancelled game became three cancelled games.

Timeline: 1999: 1906: An Arctic Odyssey announced 2001: game is retitled to USS Antarctica 2002: game is retitled to Lost Mantis 2003: game is cancelled