

On May 24, an official press release was released on the official Zoo Tycoon website revealing that Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals will be released in " fall/autumn" with a total of 30 animals, making it the largest Zoo Tycoon 2 expansion pack to date. The text that was shown was in fact the same as in the previous Endangered Species. Later, in April 2007, Games for Windows added an Extinct Animals page to their website and revealed several new pieces of information such as box art and animal confirmations. Nevertheless, in January 2007, Windows Vista released its 2007 gaming lineup as well as a promotional video featuring a few seconds of footage. It was listed as " Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct (working title)", showing Blue Fang Games were still in very early production and had not yet thought of a title. Developmentĭuring 2006, in a similar way to how the African Adventure expansion was first confirmed, listed a strategy guide for Extinct Animals under its listings. However, the player can prevent such disasters by locating the enraged dinosaur and sedating it or forming a "Dino Capture Team" to catch the loose dinosaur. This causes it to go on a rampage, where it will destroy its exhibit, then break out and attempt to destroy the zoo and killing guests. This mode is only available when a dinosaur becomes upset with its living conditions. Most of these get more challenging as you progress through the game. These are, as follows: locating fossils, curing diseases, cloning animals, building skeleton jigsaws, and tranquilizing dinosaurs. Several new minigames (similar to the trick training games in Marine Mania) are included. This expansion is similar to the Dinosaur Digs expansion of the first Zoo Tycoon. Extinct Animals replaces and includes the animals and objects from the earlier Dino Danger Pack premium download.

This expansion pack follows the other expansion packs, Endangered Species, African Adventure and Marine Mania.
