Tighten Those Safety Belts! It’s About to Get Wild as Atari Prepares to Launch Rollercoaster Tycoon® 3: Wild!
New PC Expansion Pack invites consumers for a ride in a Safari Theme Park Adventure.
Lyon, France – 20 October 2005 – Life is about to get a bit more wild as Atari announced today that developer Frontier has completed development on RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Wild!, an adventure-filled expansion pack for the highly-successful RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3. Scheduled to ship to retail across Europe on November 4 for the Windows platform, RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Wild! invites tycoons of all ages to create and manage a safari-themed adventure park that features thrilling new rides as well as many different animal species to manage. According to the NPD Group, RollerCoaster Tycoon is the top-selling tycoon franchise, having sold nearly nine million units life-to-date worldwide.
“RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Wild! is an incredible addition to the RollerCoaster Tycoon family,” said Matt Collins, Director of Global Brand Management. “With a balance of animal management and extreme coasters, as well as heightened business opportunities and entertainment options galore, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Wild! will quench the thirst of RollerCoaster Tycoon fans.”
RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Wild! retains the focus that has made the franchise so enduringly popular. Requiring RollerCoaster® Tycoon 3 to play, the game encourages players to increase their parks’ cash flow through new attractions such as baby animals, new shops and billboards. RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Wild! includes customizable animal shows, cutting-edge and classic theme park rides, and a slew of characters including a VIP, an animal keeper staff member and the tiger mascot – an old RollerCoaster Tycoon favorite. Players can now recreate their favorite safari-style theme parks, with elephant rides and the Paddle-Steam Cruiser, and choreograph animal shows using the RollerCoaster Tycoon MixMaster™.
RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Wild! was created by Frontier Developments, Ltd. in conjunction with Chris Sawyer, the creator and sole developer of RollerCoaster Tycoon. Additional information about the franchise is available at http://www.atari.com/rollercoastertycoon.
“RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Wild! is an incredible addition to the RollerCoaster Tycoon family,” said Matt Collins, Director of Global Brand Management. “With a balance of animal management and extreme coasters, as well as heightened business opportunities and entertainment options galore, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Wild! will quench the thirst of RollerCoaster Tycoon fans.”
RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Wild! retains the focus that has made the franchise so enduringly popular. Requiring RollerCoaster® Tycoon 3 to play, the game encourages players to increase their parks’ cash flow through new attractions such as baby animals, new shops and billboards. RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Wild! includes customizable animal shows, cutting-edge and classic theme park rides, and a slew of characters including a VIP, an animal keeper staff member and the tiger mascot – an old RollerCoaster Tycoon favorite. Players can now recreate their favorite safari-style theme parks, with elephant rides and the Paddle-Steam Cruiser, and choreograph animal shows using the RollerCoaster Tycoon MixMaster™.
RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Wild! was created by Frontier Developments, Ltd. in conjunction with Chris Sawyer, the creator and sole developer of RollerCoaster Tycoon. Additional information about the franchise is available at http://www.atari.com/rollercoastertycoon.