Today, 9 minutes agoAsh ParrishP is for Pals who do stuff together.Palworlds crossplay update is coming soon. We dont know exactly when, as the announcement states itll happen sometime late March. But expect to pal around with your friends on any platform within the next two weeks. Also, in celebration of the update, Palworlds 25 percent off on the PlayStation store and Steam.Image: Pocketpair Inc.Mar 4Andrew WebsterA whole new (pal)world.After some big updates and a new publishing label, Palworld developer Pocketpair has another notable announcement: the pokmon with guns game is now available on Mac. The new version is optimized to run natively on Macs with Apple silicon, according to the studio, and will get Mac-specific dedicated servers later this month.Palworld[apps.apple.com]Jan 23Ash ParrishPocketpair follows Palworlds success with new indie publishing labelImage: PalworldPocketpair is getting into the games publishing business. The company has announced that its taking the gobs of money it made after launching Palworld, the Steam-record busting, 15-million-copies-sold-in-its-first-month, monster-catching adventure game, to establish Pocketpair Publishing.Pocketpair Publishing provides comprehensive support for game development through funding, development assistance, and publishing for indie game developers and small studios, Pocketpair wrote in its press release.Read Article >Nov 28, 2024Andrew WebsterPalworlds new island will be its largest and harshestImage: PocketpairPocketpair isnt letting a major lawsuit slow it down. The developer has announced that its Pokmon-like hit Palworld is getting a big update in December, which will add a new island to the game. Its described as the largest, harshest, and most mysterious location in the game, measuring around six times the size of Sakurajima, an island that was added in a summer update.Aside from the new location, there arent many other details about the forthcoming update. But the announcement comes amid a surge in news for the game, which became a viral sensation at the beginning of 2024. In 2025, Palworld will be getting some kind of crossover with the survival crafting game Terraria, and a mobile version is also in the works, helmed by PUBG developer Krafton.Read Article >Nov 8, 2024Ash Parrish, Richard Lawlerand1 moreHere are the patents Nintendo and The Pokmon Company are suing Palworld overImage: PalworldPalworld developer Pocketpair has revealed the patents at the center of the infringement lawsuit Nintendo and The Pokmon Company filed in Japan back in September. Pocketpair has also shared that, in addition to 5 million yen each plus late fees, theyre seeking an injunction against the game and compensation for a portion of the damages incurred between the date of registration of the patents and the date of filing of this lawsuit.The Pokmon Company cites three Japanese patents, No. 7545191, No. 7493117, and No. 7528390. From the translation of the claims, they appear to describe Pokmon-style activities, with 191 focused on the act of throwing a ball at characters in a field, 117 tied to aiming, and 390 on riding characters. Well have to dig more deeply into the original Japanese patent language and Japanese patent law to understand how strong these patents might be in the lawsuit, however.Read Article >Oct 2, 2024Emma RothPUBG developer is making Palworld mobile amid Nintendo lawsuitImage: PocketpairPalworld developer Pocketpair may be facing a lawsuit from Nintendo, but thats not stopping it from pursuing a mobile version of the game. On Wednesday, Krafton the publisher behind PUBG: Battlegrounds announced that it acquired the license for Palworld and will optimize it for mobile gaming, as reported earlier by Polygon.According to a translated version of the post, Krafton says it aims to faithfully reinterpret Palworlds main fun elements to fit the mobile environment. Krafton also created a mobile version of PUBG in 2018, and as The Verge pointed out at the time, it turned out better than expected.Read Article >Sep 25, 2024Richard LawlerPalworlds PS5 port is on hold indefinitely in JapanPalworld Screenshot: PlayStation (YouTube)Sony included the PS5 launch of Palworld as one of its news items during Tuesday evenings State of Play presentation, but it left out a detail. While the game has launched on PlayStation platforms in 68 countries and regions worldwide, Japan is not one of them.The official Japanese account for the game said on X, according to machine translation, that the release date in Japan has not yet been decided, without going into detail about the reason. It certainly seems like a reason could be the patent infringement lawsuit Nintendo and The Pokmon Company filed against Palworld developer Pocketpair last week, but the tweet didnt confirm things either way.Read Article >Sep 20, 2024Ash ParrishA song of pals and pokmon.This week, Nintendo sued Palworld developers Pocketpair. Heres everything we know about why.Sep 19, 2024Ash ParrishPalworld developer has no idea why Nintendos suing over its Pokmon-like gameImage: PocketpairPocketpair has responded to the lawsuit filed against it by Nintendo and The Pokmon Company. The studio that developed Palworld, the game at the heart of the suit, issued a statement early this morning saying it doesnt know what patents it violated.At this moment, we are unaware of the specific patents we are accused of infringing upon, and we have not been notified of such details, the statement read.Read Article >Sep 19, 2024Jay PetersNintendo and Pokmon are suing Palworld maker PocketpairA screenshot from Palworld. Image: PocketpairNintendo and The Pokmon Company have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair, which makes the game Palworld.From Nintendos press release:Read Article >Jun 7, 2024Emma RothPalworld is getting a new island... and a whole lot more.The breakout hit is rolling out a big update on June 27th, adding new environments, pals, buildings, raids, and a new enemy oil rig. Its also launching dedicated servers on Xbox.Apr 29, 2024Andrew WebsterSay hello to your newest pals.PalWorld is getting an update this summer that adds some new creatures. And, as the new trailer shows theyre not only cute, but also flammable.Apr 1, 2024Ash ParrishApril Fools 2024: Doki Doki Palworld Club.The developers at Pocketpair are doing that annoying game developer thing where on April Fools Day they announce a legitimately cool new game idea only for it to be a joke. And for some reason, its always a dating simulator.In Palworld: ~More Than Just Pals~ choose from a roster of dateable Pals and trainers including the busty Lovander with a student ID number... errr... 69. Its a shame this is fake; weird dating sims are always fun.Mar 15, 2024Jon PorterPalworlds creator is exploring bringing the game to more platforms.Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe says the studio is in talks to bring the game to more platforms beyond PC and Xbox.The obvious question is whether the game, which has been nicknamed Pokmon with guns and has faced accusations of plagiarizing characters from Nintendos hit franchise, will ever come to the Nintendo Switch.Palworld Creator Pocketpair Explains Why It Became Indie Game Sensation[Bloomberg]Mar 14, 2024Charles Pulliam-MooreYou probably dont want your Pokmon fan project getting too much press coverage.Given how litigious Nintendo is, the companys reluctance to go after Palworld has raised a lot of questions about what might actually spur The Pokmon Company to claim of IP infringement.Sales numbers and visual similarities are obviously part of the equation. But according to TPCs former Chief Legal Officer Don McGowan, one of other big factors that plays into how fanmade projects wind up on Nintendos radar entertainment press coverage.Jan 31, 2024Andrew WebsterPalworld isnt slowing down, hits 19 million players across Steam and XboxImage: PocketpairSurprise viral gaming hit Palworld continues to reach new player milestones. Today, developer Pocketpair announced that the game has sold 12 million copies on Steam and reached 7 million players on Xbox. The Xbox number includes both sales and those who played via Game Pass, but the breakdown between the two isnt clear.According to Microsoft, though, these numbers make Palworld the biggest third-party (i.e. a game not made by an internal Microsoft studio) launch in Game Pass history. The company says it recently reached a peak of nearly 3 million daily active users on Xbox, making it the most-played game on our platforms at that time. (Which date that took place isnt specified.)Read Article >Jan 31, 2024Andrew WebsterHere come the Palworld mobile clones.Now that Palworld is officially a hit, it was inevitable that copycats would start flooding in. Now the developer is warning players about similar-looking and titled games that have been rolling into mobile app stores. With a quick search I was able to spot a few in the App Store, including one sold by a company called BLUE RIDGE GUTTER CLEANING LLC, which doesnt sound like the most legitimate developer.Jan 29, 2024Ash ParrishThis is how Nintendoll get em.I think we finally found the smoking gun in the Palworld vs. Nintendo plagiarism discourse. But, instead of infringing on Pokmon, Palworld might get got for jacking from one of Nintendos other vaunted institutions: Animal Crossing.Apparently, one of the pieces of furniture you can make for your Pal gulag is Animal Crossings infamous frog chair. Though I doubt Nintendo owns the intellectual property rights to a specific depiction of chair, it would be pretty funny if this, of all things, is what takes Palworld down.Animal Crossings infamous froggy chair is in Palworld[Polygon]Jan 25, 2024Ash ParrishThe Pokmon Company says it will investigate PalworldImage: PocketpairYou can all stop calling now The Pokmon Companys lawyers are on the case. In a statement posted on the companys website, The Pokmon Company says its aware of a game released in January 2024 and plans to take appropriate measures to address any acts that infringe on intellectual property rights related to the Pokmon.Its no secret that the game referred to is Palworld, a surprise hit juggernaut thats slowly climbing up the Steam charts, well on its way to beating PUBGs all-time peak player count of 3.2 million. Its sold 8 million copies on Steam as of today, and its developer, Pocketpair, just released a roadmap laying out plans for the games future.Read Article >Jan 25, 2024Richard LawlerYes, The Pokmon Company is aware of Palworld.Palworld, the survival game described by some as Pokmon with guns because of its familiar-looking designs, has sold millions of copies in under a week, with more simultaneous players on Steam than any other game outside of peak PUBG.And now, after one modder already received a takedown notice, we have The Pokmon Companys first official response:Inquiries Regarding Other Companies GamesWe have received many inquiries regarding another companys game released in January 2024. We have not granted any permission for the use of Pokmon intellectual property or assets in that game. We intend to investigate and take appropriate measures to address any acts that infringe on intellectual property rights related to the Pokmon. We will continue to cherish and nurture each and every Pokmon and its world, and work to bring the world together through Pokmon in the future.The Pokmon Company[The Pokmon Company]Jan 24, 2024Tom WarrenPalworld is getting raid bosses, PvP, and crossplay support in the futureImage: PocketpairPalworld, a new multiplayer monster-collecting survival game, has sold more than 7 million copies in just five days, and now the developers behind it are sharing a roadmap of whats to come. Dubbed Pokmon with guns by many, Palworld is set to get player-vs-player (PvP) fights, raid bosses, a PvP arena mode, and Steam / Xbox crossplay support.Developer Pocketpair revealed the planned future updates in a post on X (formerly Twitter) today with no time frame for when they will arrive. Palworld is also getting various Xbox feature improvements, alongside server transfers and migrations, improvements to the games building system, and new islands, pals, bosses, and technologies.Read Article >Jan 23, 2024Ash ParrishBut for Palworld, it was Tuesday.Palworlds coming for the kneecaps of all of Steams most popular games. Within days of its early access launch its sold 6 million copies, rocketed to the top of Steam concurrent player lists, and now it can add another milestone, amassing 1.864 million players to beat Counter-Strikes all time peak player count.Funnily enough, Palworlds peak player count only barely edged out Counter-Strikes all time high by roughly 50,000 players. Impressive numbers aside, Palworlds got a tough row to hoe if it hopes to ever beat reigning champion PUBGs all-time player count of 3 million.Jan 23, 2024Ash ParrishNintendo goes after the Palworld Pokmon modderImage: ToastedShoesNintendo has finally come for Palworld... in the form of issuing a takedown for a video of a mod that swapped all the Palworld pals for pokmon. Lol.If youre not one of the now 6 million players whove bought a copy of the game, heres a quick explainer. Palworld is a multiplayer survival crafting game in which you use cute monsters called pals to harvest resources and build structures. Oh, and there are guns you can shoot the pals with guns.Read Article >Jan 22, 2024Ash ParrishPalworld is a hit, and its easy to see whyImage: PocketpairIt seems like everyone on Earth is either talking about or playing Palworld. Indeed, in the three days since its early access launch on Steam on January 19th (and simultaneous release on Game Pass), the game has sold over 5 million copies. While thats not quite Tears of the Kingdom numbers, to have a game from a relatively unknown developer do that kind of work in that short of time? Okay, Palworld, you have our attention. Lets see exactly what it is you have to say.Palworlds announcement trailer released in 2021. It started generally enough, with a bright, colorful world populated with cute monsters that bear an almost uncomfortable resemblance to another game featuring cute, catchable creatures. But then come the AK-47s. Midway through the games trailer, the tone shifts from catch these cute monsters that will help you build your home to shoot these cute monsters and use them as slave labor. One of the most memorable moments from that first trailer was the image of a bunch of pals (the monsters are called pals) that look startlingly like Sprigatito, mournfully manufacturing assault rifles on an assembly line.Read Article >Jan 22, 2024Amrita KhalidOver five million copies of Palworld have been sold since Friday.Lots of people have been catching Pals and hatching eggs, according to the games developer, Pocketpair. Palworld is also currently the most-played game on Steam, hitting a peak of roughly 1.5 million players.The game, described by Kotaku as if someone tossed Minecraft, Fortnite, Pokmon, and some AR-15s into a giant blender, is a breakout hit despite seemingly coming out of nowhere.Pocketpair/X