blue-fang-games posts

Even though their games have sold millions of copies, developer Blue Fang Games is still vunerable to layoffs. This week the company announced that it had has laid off 15 of their team members, due in part to new development tools that "allow us to build future multi-platform products in less time and with significantly fewer resources."

Blue Fang's original Zoo Tycoon games sold over 8 million copies since the first game in the zoo simulation series was released in 2001 by Microsoft. The company recently announced plans for a new animal-zoo related game franchise, World of Zoo, that will be published by THQ for the PC and other platforms this fall.

If you ever wondered whatever happened to Microsoft's best selling Zoo Tycoon game series, wonder no more. THQ has announced a new publishing deal with that game series' developer Blue Fang to create an all-new zoo sim series called World of Zoo.

Due for release by the end of 2009, World of Zoo will let players take care of 90 different animals and create their own zoo park experience. In a nod to Spore. the game will also have an Animal Creator that will allow them to create their own unique creatures and place them in one of the 20 zoo exhibits.