The savannah is heating up as Microsoft Game Studios today announced that the Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure expansion pack has gone gold. The newest addition to the award-winning Zoo Tycoon 2 franchise will make tracks to retail on May 16. Gamers of all ages will experience firsthand the biodiversity of the African continent and the animals that live there as they customize their African-inspired dream zoo.

With this new, E10+ rated expansion pack from Blue Fang Games, LLC, children and parents alike will broaden their knowledge of the African animal kingdom while improving their zoo keeping skills. Gamers will choose from an abundance of new content, including 20 new African animals from eight different biomes, ranging from the striped hyena roaming the desert landscape to the wildebeest roving the savannah.

Complete with new scenarios and challenges, animal enthusiasts will be tasked with creating African habitats and zoo attractions, sure to please guests and animals alike. Gamers can venture further into their zoo in the new Jeep Liberty vehicle that's decked out in outrageous, animal-skin paint jobs, also available with the Jeep Wrangler and Commander vehicle options.