Fantasy Worlds (franchise)

Fantasy Worlds (occasionally abbreviated as Fant Worlds) is a franchise of online video games developed and distributed by LA!LA! Arts. It is one of LA!LA!'s most recognized game franchises. In 2014, LA!LA! announced plans to reboot the franchise.

History
The first game, Fantasy Worlds Online, was released in December of 2010, garnering mixed to average reviews. LA!LA!, however, decided to make a sequel. Fantasy Worlds II was released in April 2011, and was received positively.

After the success of the second game, LA!LA! began work on a third instalment. On August 13th, Fantasy Worlds 3/D was announced. A demo was released on the 18th of August. However, soon after, the project was abandoned due to development issues. Around this time, a Fantasy Worlds movie adaption was in the works between LA!LA! and Film Gate Studios, but LA!LA! handed over full development rights to Film Gate in order to focus on the games. Film Gate, in turn, ceased production in order to begin work on reviving The Mommy Show.

An updated port of FW Online was released by LA!LA! for the i-human in November 2011.

In December 2011, LA! LA! announced Fantasy Worlds III: The Dark Enigma. The game remained in slow development for some time before LA!LA! announced new plans for the franchise (see below), despite the project being almost completely finished.

A spin-off/prequel to Fantasy Worlds II titled Fantasy Worlds: Generation X was announced in September 2011, and officially entered development in February 2013. However, it has now been delayed.

Fantasy Worlds IV was announced to enter development after the release of FWIII and FW:GX, and was to wrap up the story that runs through II, III and Generation X.

Fantasy Worlds: Destiny's Magic was a spin-off announced in 2011, to be based on 08jackt's 'Fable Quest 3: Destiny's Magic'. However, nothing else has been revealed since the announcement. In 2013, LA!LA! confirmed the project had ceased development.

In August 2nd of 2014, LA!LA! announced that the planned games, The Dark Enigma and Generation X, would be aborted and that the franchise would be rebooted, with a new game, simply titled Fantasy Worlds, due for 2015. A quadrilogy is being planned which will share a world and plot elements but will be mostly unconnected.

Timeline
A chronological timeline of the franchise (in game: not release dates)

- Fantasy Worlds Online

- Fantasy Worlds: Generation X

- Fantasy Worlds II

- Fantasy Worlds IV (Set during the same time as II)

- Fantasy Worlds III: The Dark Enigma