Jurassic World Evolution 3 Heads East With Five New Dinosaur Families

Five families rather than five isolated specimens

Prehistoric East adds Nanshiungosaurus, Gobisaurus, Yangchuanosaurus, Sinosauropteryx and Tarbosaurus. In keeping with Jurassic World Evolution 3's breeding systems, these are not simply five standalone adult models: Frontier presents them as five complete new family units.

The selection covers very different animals. Nanshiungosaurus is a feathered herbivorous therizinosaur with visual differences between males and females. Gobisaurus brings a heavily armored but comparatively peaceful ankylosaur. The small Sinosauropteryx sits at the other end of the scale and remains a carnivore that guests are probably better off admiring from behind a fence.

Yangchuanosaurus and Tarbosaurus occupy the considerably harder-to-ignore predator category. Frontier describes the former as a large theropod with powerful jaws. Tarbosaurus reaches roughly ten metres and five tonnes in the DLC's description, and it too arrives with males, females and juveniles.

Holographic dinosaurs require considerably less containment

The pack extends beyond its animal roster. Holographic dinosaur statues can be placed around a park with a selection of animations and can either stand independently or become part of custom blueprints. It is one way to install an impressive predator that, unusually for this series, cannot eat the maintenance staff.

The other major part of the DLC concerns construction. Dragon archways, marble Guardian Lions, paper lanterns, glowing lotus flowers and new wall, roof and trim pieces expand the building catalogue. Ready-made blueprints include pagodas, gates and walled gardens.

Rather than providing a new map, the pack is expanding the visual vocabulary available for parks and enclosures. Its architectural and natural pieces can be combined with the game's existing construction tools to push the East Asian theme much further.

Prehistoric East and Update 1.5 arrive together, but they are separate

September 29 is also the announced date for free Update 1.5. The distinction matters: the five families and scenery in Prehistoric East belong to the paid DLC, while Update 1.5 is intended for base-game owners whether or not they purchase the pack.

That update is scheduled to bring back Carcharodontosaurus as a fully remodeled family unit. It also adds Walkways, customizable elevated paths that allow guests to travel through different areas of a park, including above enclosures and lagoons.

The pack is priced at €14.99

The announced price is €14.99, $14.99 or £11.99. Jurassic World Evolution 3 itself is required, and Steam identifies Frontier Developments as both developer and publisher of the DLC.

The PC listing supports twelve languages. French includes interface text, subtitles and full audio. Steam also lists cloud saves, achievements, HDR support and full Xbox controller support.

The Steam launch is scheduled for 13:00 UTC

Frontier has announced Prehistoric East for all platforms on September 29. Steam displays the same date, while its release data schedules the PC unlock for 13:00 UTC.

At the time of verification, Steam still classified the DLC as upcoming rather than available. September 29 and the PC unlock time are therefore scheduled, while actual purchasing and downloading remain dependent on the storefronts going live.

Prehistoric East is aimed as much at dinosaur collectors as at players who spend more time aligning roof pieces than checking the park's finances. Tarbosaurus will probably attract the obvious attention, but holograms, pagodas and gardens give builders a sizeable new box of toys. Just make sure the peaceful walled garden is not accidentally connected to the enclosure containing the five-tonne predator.