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Prehistoric Kingdom - Update 17 (1.17.101)
Welcome to Update 17, Park Managers! This update has been a long time coming. Animal combat and hunting are finally making their way into your parks, alongside a collection of management improvements, visual upgrades, n…
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Update 17 - Combat PTB Fix Patch 2 (1.17.84)
Welcome, Park Testers! This marks the final PTB release before the full launch of Update 17 on June 25th. We've continued fine-tuning animal aggression, locomotion, and combat animations to deliver the most natural and…
Store20 changesFixGameplay - Prehistoric Kingdom
Update 17 arrives June 25!
Welcome, park managers! We’re excited to announce that Update 17 will be releasing June 25th, introducing eight new species for three iconic dinosaurs: Allosaurus, Stegosaurus and Pachycephalosaurus - but of course, tha…
Store9 changesGameplayBalance - Prehistoric Kingdom
Update 17 - Combat PTB Fix Patch 1 (1.17.74)
Steam post imageSteam post imageWelcome, Park Testers! This PTB release addresses the most critical instability issues introduced in the last PTB update. It also delivers a first tuning pass on animal aggression behavio…
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PTB: Update 17 Combat Preview
Steam post imageSteam post imageWelcome, Park Testers! This PTB release introduces Animal Combat, an all-new emergent gameplay system that allows your animals to react more dynamically to their environment and to one an…
Patch notes35 changesFixGameplay - Prehistoric Kingdom
Dev Diary: May 2026
Steam post image Steam post image Welcome to the May Development Diary! As usual, it’s been all hands on deck as we continue to work on the different aspects of combat coming in U17. We’ve made some great strides this m…
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Dev Diary: April 2026
Steam post imageSteam post image Welcome to the April Development Update! This month we released the first PTB for Update 17, adding new management mechanics, updated water rendering and two species of Stegosaurus for y…
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PTB: Fix Patch (1.17.51)
Steam post imageSteam post imageWelcome, Park Testers! This PTB release is focused on quickly addressing the most commonly reported community issues - most notably input system bugs and unusable keybind controls. We hop…
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PTB: Update 17 Begins Testing!
Welcome, Park Testers! This early version of Update 17 adds Stegosaurus, rebalances mid-game progression and overhauls many of the management features. Notable changes include manual Loading Bay orders, workzones, staff…
Security52 changesFixGameplay - Prehistoric Kingdom
Dev Diary: March 2026
Welcome to the March Development Update! Today, we’ll be talking about the status of U17 and providing insight into the current progress of combat. We’ve also got a couple of surprises in store, so let’s get into it! In…
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PTB: Fix Patch (EA 1.16.51)
Welcome, Park Managers! This surprise bug-fix patch for Update 16 aims to address some of the most commonly reported balancing problems related to the animal disease system, while resolving numerous stability issues, su…
Store27 changesFixPerformance - Prehistoric Kingdom
Dev Diary: February 2026
Welcome to the February Development Update! With this being our first full month back working on PK, the team continued implementing the new management features discussed in January’s Dev Diary. Since we don’t want to r…
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Dev Diary: January 2026
Steam post imageSteam post image Welcome to the January Development Update! The team hopes that you’ve all had a safe and happy holiday. As this is our first blog post of the year, we’ll primarily be talking about our p…
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Prehistoric Kingdom - Fix Patch (EA 1.16.37)
Hello and Happy Holidays, Park Managers! A few of the programmers got together to look at some of the more pressing problems with Update 16, resulting in this small patch. This release should hopefully resolve most of t…
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Prehistoric Kingdom - Hotfix (EA 1.16.36)
Hello, Park Managers! This is a quick patch to resolve some of the more immediately reported issues with Update 16. The team will now be on break until mid-January. Please continue to submit detailed bug reports on our…
Store15 changesFixServer - Prehistoric Kingdom
Prehistoric Kingdom - Update 16 (1.16.33)
Welcome, Park Managers to the final update of the year! This release introduces major new mechanics such as vets, disease, death, rides and a reworked vivarium system with 10 new species. If you're yet to try the game,…
Event70 changesFixGameplay
