Carnivores (series)


 * This article is about the series as a whole. For the 1998 game, see Carnivores.



The Carnivores series is a series of games focusing on hunting dinosaurs and Pleistocene mammals. Carnivores, Carnivores 2, and Carnivores Ice Age were developed by Action Forms using the AtmosFear engine and were published for the PC by WizardWorks Software between 1998 and 2001; Carnivores Cityscape was developed by Sunstorm Interactive using the Serious Engine and released on the PC by Infogrames in 2002; and Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter and Carnivores: Ice Age were developed by Tatem Games using the original Carnivores 2 and Carnivores Ice Age source code and assets and released for the iOS in 2010 and 2011. A reboot of the franchise, Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter HD, was developed by Vogster Online and Tatem Games and was released on September 10, 2013 for the PlayStation 3 console. The game was then revamped by Digital Dreams Entertainment and Tatem Games for PC and released as Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter Reborn on May 27, 2015 via Steam. Another revamp by Digital Dreams Entertainment and Tatem Games using the Unity engine, Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunt, was released on June 1, 2021 for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One consoles; a PC version will also be released in the future via Steam.

Carnivores
Carnivores was developed by Action Forms utilizing their AtmosFear game engine, and published by WizardWorks Software on November 30, 1998. Carnivores was unique at the time of its release for allowing the hunter to be hunted by animals, distinguishing it from the recent slew of Deer Hunter clones.

Carnivores 2
Carnivores 2 was developed by Action Forms utilizing their AtmosFear game engine, and published by WizardWorks Software on October 31, 2000. A Russian version was published by Акелла/Akella on December 1, 2002.

Carnivores Ice Age
Carnivores Ice Age was developed by Action Forms utilizing their AtmosFear game engine, and published by WizardWorks Software on January 15, 2001.

Carnivores Cityscape
Carnivores Cityscape was developed by Sunstorm Interactive utilizing the Serious Sam game engine, and published by Infogrames on March 25, 2002. Despite being canon, and many fans feeling that Carnivores Cityscape is a passable game in its own right, there is a certain amount of agreement that it doesn't fit with the rest of the Carnivores series, given its wildly divergent gameplay and the fact that a different company developed the game.

Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter (Mobile)
Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter was developed by Tatem Games utilizing the AtmosFear game engine ported to iOS, and was released on June 12, 2010 for the iOS, and in July 2010 for PSP minis.

Carnivores: Ice Age (Mobile)
Carnivores: Ice Age was developed by Tatem Games utilizing the AtmosFear game engine ported to iOS, and was released on February 7, 2011 for the iOS, and in August 2011 for PSP minis.

Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter HD
Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter HD was developed by Vogster Online and Tatem Games, and was released on September 10, 2013 for the PlayStation 3 console.

Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter Reborn
Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter Reborn was developed by Digital Dreams Entertainment and Tatem Games, and was released on May 27, 2015 for PC via Steam.

Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunt
Carnivores Dinosaur Hunt was developed by Digital Dreams Entertainment and Tatem Games utilizing the Unity game engine, and was released on June 1, 2021 for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One consoles. A PC version will also be released in the future via Steam.