Credit: Universal PicturesJurassic Park continues to be a massive multimedia franchise that stands the test of time. While it experienced an unintended 14-year hiatus following Jurassic Park III (2001) — which, like a fine wine, has improved quite well over time — Jurassic World (2015) breathed some much-needed new life into the once-extinct IP.
The film led to two sequels, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) and Jurassic World Dominion (2022), the animated series, Camp Cretaceous (2020 — 2022), its follow-up Chaos Theory (2024 — present), the “Evolution” video games, mobile games, merchandise, exhibitions, live shows, short films, and Universal Studios theme park rides such as VelociCoaster and Jurassic World: The Ride.
Now, Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) has grossed over $750 million worldwide.
The World banner continues to take over the franchise. At Universal Studios Hollywood, Jurassic World: The Ride replaced Jurassic Park: The Ride, cleverly echoing what had happened with the film series itself. As Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) would say, “You slapped it on the Jurassic Park plastic lunchbox, and now you’re selling it!
But while the franchise continues to churn out new content under the World banner, fans are eager to return to what made them fall in love with the franchise in the first place — the original Jurassic Park era.
The upcoming action-adventure video game “Jurassic Park: Survival” (TBA) will take us all the way back to the original island in 1993, 24 hours after the events of the first film in which the titular resort collapses and the park’s dinosaurs run rampant all over Isla Nublar.
The official website for “Survival” describes the game as having “a fully realized version of Isla Nublar.” While this doesn’t mean that it’s entirely open-world, players will be able to revisit all the iconic locations from the film, including the Jurassic Falls helicopter landing site, the Visitor Center, the jungle, and, of course, the park itself.
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We’ll also get to see parts of the island that don’t appear on screen, such as the East Docks where the game’s main character Dr. Maya Joshi can be seen fending off a Velociraptor in the trailer‘s gameplay footage, and an underground facility of some kind where we see the shadow of a Dilophosaurus lurking around the corner.
As such, fans may finally be able to see the island’s other attractions that were only hinted at in the 1993 film. Fans of the original best-selling novel by Michael Crichton, however, will already be familiar with everything else the original park had in store.
These never-before-seen Isla Nublar locations/attractions include the Aviary, which would have housed the park’s prehistoric flying reptiles, the Safari Lodge, a hotel resort designed for guests, and the Jungle River Ride, which the Universal Studios attractions are based on.
Whether or not any of these locations will appear in the game remains to be seen, but if Isla Nublar really is as “fully realized” as the developers say, then players should expect to get a “full tour” of Jurassic Park. Just not in the way John Hammond intended.
Check out the trailer for “Survival” below, per Jurassic World YouTube:
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“Return to Isla Nublar the day after the events of the beloved 1993 Jurassic Park film in an original adventure 65 million years in the making,” the official synopsis reads.
“Survive thrilling first-person action as InGen scientist Dr. Maya Joshi, who was unable to evacuate Isla Nublar, in this single-player action-adventure game and discover a never-before-told story. Through thrilling encounters, experience the wonder and danger of dinosaurs, each with their own distinct and adaptive behaviors brought to life by John Hammond’s vision.”
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