Jurassic World Evolution 3 is adding hot air balloons, and I can't imagine a worse place to be when my pteranodons break containment

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A kayak would be a pretty bad place to be too

Jurassic World Evolution 3 screenshot showing a park with Cherry Blossom trees
(Image credit: Frontier Developments)

Jurassic World Evolution 3 developer Frontier has revealed a new gameplay feature coming to the dino management sim: hot air balloons, a series first that'll let tourists take to the sky for an aerial view of your prehistoric theme park.

Frontier revealed the new Balloon Tour feature exclusively here on GamesRadar+, showing off some gameplay snippets captured from an entirely new perspective. You can check it out for yourself below:

The way it works is simple: just plop down your Balloon Tour building directly into your park, set a series of waypoints to determine where the balloon travels, and watch guests flow in and then subsequently fly up and take in the views.

Although the views look great, I'm not sure there's a more theoretically dangerous place to be than a hot air balloon in the event of a containment breach in the world of Jurassic. You'd have very little control of where you land, you aren't safe from the flying lizards like pterosaurs, and you're in a poppable vessel hundreds of feet in the air. A kayak might give the hot air balloon a run for its money, but you'd have to be paddling in the Mosasaurus enclosure for that to be an issue. It's not exactly clear if hot air balloon tourists will be in any danger if and when dinos break loose in Jurassic World Evolution 3, but I know I'd rather be in a buggy with Jeff Goldblum by my side. (A Frontier representative has since confirmed that the balloon tours cannot be attacked nor popped, which is good to know but doesn't prevent me from finding the hypothetical scenario terrifying.)

Anyway, yes, Jurassic World Evolution 3 will have hot air balloons, featuring various Jurassic World and Jurassic Park skins, at launch on October 21.

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A previous version of this article stated this information was part of a livestream reveal, when it is in fact exclusive to GamesRadar+. Additionally, a representative for the developer has confirmed that the balloon tours cannot be attacked at all. The article otherwise appears as originally published.

Jordan Gerblick
Jordan Gerblick
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After earning an English degree from ASU, I worked as a corporate copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. I got my big break here in 2019 with a freelance news gig, and I was hired on as GamesRadar's west coast Staff Writer in 2021. That means I'm responsible for managing the site's western regional executive branch, AKA my home office, and writing about whatever horror game I'm too afraid to finish.

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