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| Zoo Tycoon | |
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| Genre(s) | Construction and management simulator, business simulator |
| Developer(s) | Blue Fang Games, Frontier Developments, Behaviour Interactive, Asobo Studio |
| Publisher(s) | Microsoft Studios |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, OS X, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Windows Phone, Nintendo DS |
| First release | Zoo Tycoon October 17, 2001 |
| Latest release | Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection October 31, 2017 |
Zoo Tycoon is a series of business simulation video games in which the player is tasked with building and running a successful zoo. The series was initially developed by Blue Fang Games and published by Microsoft Studios who later in 2001–2008 went on to create two stand-alone video games and seven expansion packs for PC and Macintosh platforms. In 2013, Microsoft Studios released a new Zoo Tycoon game, developed by Frontier Developments for Xbox One and Xbox 360. An enhanced version of the Xbox game, Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection, was released for Windows 10 and the Xbox One on October 31, 2017. Frontier Developments, the developer of the final Zoo Tycoon game, released the spiritual successor to the series, Planet Zoo, in 2019.