''Carnivores'' is a series of hunting simulation

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s featuring prehistoric species ranging from

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s to extinct

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. The first three games – ''

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'' (1998), ''

Carnivores 2 ''Carnivores 2'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by Action Forms and published by WizardWorks in North America on October 21, 1999. It is the sequel to the 1998 video game ''Carnivores'' and is the second in the ''Carnivores'' se ...

'' (1999), and '' Carnivores: Ice Age'' (2001) – were developed for the PC by

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and published by

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. The fourth game, '' Carnivores: Cityscape'', was developed by

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and released by

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in 2002. '' Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter,'' the fifth installment, was released for

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(PS3), and

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(PSP) in 2010.

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developed the PS3 and PSP version, and Tatem Games developed the other versions. ''Carnivores: Ice Age'' was

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to iOS and Android in 2011. September 2013 marked the release of '' Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter HD'' for the PS3. Two years later, '' Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter Reborn'' was released for the PC. The latest game, '' Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunt'', was released on June 1, 2021. The series has amassed a significant

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, with multiple mods having been created for the original PC releases. __TOC__

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