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'Now you've got no excuses': Palworld is teaming up with Core Keeper for a Steam Autumn sale bundle because the folks over at Pocketpair are 'just big fans'

From one indie survival crafting game to another.

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Capcom legend tackles Palworld-Nintendo battle and manages to annoy almost everyone: 'It's a game that transcends the boundaries of war'

Yoshiki Okamoto reckons fans shouldn't even be playing it while a lawsuit's active.

PC Gamer

Resident Evil and Street Fighter veteran faces backlash after saying "please don't buy" Palworld, claiming Pocketpair "crossed a line that should not be crossed," and admitting he has not played Palworld

Yoshiki Okamoto does not "want the world to become a place where this kind of thing is acceptable"

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Palworld dev is "worried many of you haven’t played" Core Keeper, "one of the best games on Steam," so now the two survival games are bundled together and even cheaper in the Steam Autumn Sale

The devs are "just big fans"

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TGS players try Ananta, the game that looks like an anime GTA, Spider-Man, and Yakuza hybrid, and shockingly report that it feels like an anime GTA, Spider-Man, and Yakuza hybrid

While some worry the similarities may result in a Palworld situation

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"This Nintendo patent was apparently granted without a patent examiner looking at a single game": IP expert says concerns "hundreds of games" could be affected by Pokemon summoning patent granted amid Palworld lawsuit are "valid"

The patent is, in fact, bad news, expert argues

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As Palworld gears up for another indie collab, dev says "it's a dream come true to be trusted by the developers of our favorite games" and the Terraria and Ultrakill crossovers happened because "we like them"

"We are massive Terraria and Ultrakill fans"

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Palworld dev seemingly fires back at comparisons between life sim spin-off Palfarm and Pokemon Pokopia, says he's "surprised" folks think Pocketpair has "wizard-level developers able to make a game in 1 week"

"The tinfoil hats are out in force"

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A week after saying it was going quiet for the rest of the year, Palworld announces a crossover with the brilliant and bloodstained shooter Ultrakill

Nintendo's really gonna love this one.

PC Gamer

Palworld's new farming sim spin-off has been in the works "for over a year now," but Pocketpair is still hiding "something even CRAZIER" that's not been announced yet

Palfarm might be exciting, but Pocketpair is apparently working on something even better

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Pocketpair's latest 'Palworld' game might make Nintendo patent farming mechanics — 'Palfarm' gets cozy with early access

Hot on the heels of Nintendo's own Pokemon cozy farming life sim, Palworld has its own on the way too.

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After Terraria, Palworld devs team up with another indie legend: FPS Ultrakill, and you're not gonna believe this, it's got guns: "Blood is fuel. Hell is full"

Palworld's next crossover is with cult FPS Ultrakill

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Palworld devs announce Palfarm, a multiplayer farming life sim with less survival game grit and more Stardew Valley energy, days after Nintendo reveals Pokemon farming and crafting game Pokopia

Palworld: Palfarm is exactly what it sounds like

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Nintendo's controversial patent on Pokemon mechanics likely won't threaten the likes of Palworld and Persona, as IP expert argues there are already potential ways to invalidate it, including StarCraft

The patent may not be as concerning as it first sounded

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Nintendo reportedly gets even more obnoxious about patent law by taking a 'mods aren't real games' stance against a Dark Souls 3 mod that could invalidate its Palworld lawsuit

Come on, man.

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Palworld lead reminds players the game "is 100% owned, 100% funded, 100% invested and 100% controlled by us, Pocketpair" as some question Sony business deal: "I'm crashing out over this fr fr"

Bucky is in distress

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Palworld dev pushes back on Early Access criticisms, points to examples like Baldur's Gate 3 and Satisfactory: "Games only get better when the players are involved"

"We're not silly enough to think we know best"

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Palworld dev says a Dark Souls 3 mod invalidates Nintendo's Pokeball patent, Nintendo says mods don't count as real games, and an expert worries prior art precedents could see a modder's work "used against them"

"Modders would become 'fair game' as their ideas could be patented by someone else"

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Experts warn Nintendo’s new stance on mods could undermine gaming innovation and legal protections

Nintendo tells Tokyo court mods don’t count as prior art, putting the future of fan-created game content at risk.

Creative Bloq

Are Nintendo's controversial new patents a disaster for game design?

There are fears sweeping patents will limit indie developers' creative freedom.

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"Development on Palworld is not slowing down or scaling back, quite the opposite" — Pocketpair teases v1.0 and the World Tree

Palworld 1.0 launches in 2026 with major updates, leaving Early Access. And yes, the long-awaited World Tree is finally coming.

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Palworld 1.0 release scheduled for "next year" with "a truly massive amount of content planned" despite Nintendo's ongoing lawsuit – and Pocketpair is "also working on some other things"

The full launch "will be a major milestone" for the studio

PC Gamer

Palworld is going quiet as Pocketpair takes an iron to its 'quirks and jank,' with full release planned for 2026

Almost two years on, Palworld is nearly ready for primetime. For a given definition of 'nearly,' anyway.

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"I see a lot of publishers I don't like": Vampire Survivors creator made his own publisher to "share the luck" and says too many companies "try to exploit the platforms just to make money"

"I definitely see the publishing business more from the point of view of making games"

Windows Central

“The Patent Office made a huge mistake” — how Nintendo’s problematic 'summoning patent' passed without scrutiny

Nintendo’s broad “summoning” patent slipped through the USPTO, a move which experts call a huge mistake.

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