Microsoft Game Studios and Blue Fang Games today announced that Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals, the biggest expansion pack to date for Zoo Tycoon 2, will be available on Windows-based PCs this fall. Extinct Animals promises 30 new animals and more than a dozen dinosaurs, ranging from the dodo bird and massive American mastodon to the saber-toothed cat and T. rex Gamers will also be challenged to dig for fossils, bringing animals that once roamed the earth thousands of years ago to life in the Extinct Research Lab.

Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals is a Games for Windows title, delivering the promises of easy installation, high quality standards, and support for Game Explorer and Parental Controls in Windows Vista.