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Gaming’s AI crossroads: PUBG maker leans in, Palworld pushes back. Here's what's going on.

Krafton has announced a major shift toward AI-driven game development, investing heavily in automation and “Agentic AI” systems, while Palworld studio Pocketpair takes the opposite approach, refusing to work with generative AI. The contrast highlights a growing split in how studios view the role of AI in gaming’s future.

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Palworld dev's new publishing label isn't interested in AI slop: "If you're big on AI stuff ... we're not the right partner for that"

Pocketpair Publishing boss John Buckley says "we don't believe in" AI-generated games

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Palworld studio Pocketpair says its new publishing division won't handle games that use generative AI: 'We don't believe in it'

Pocketpair Publishing boss John Buckley says we're already starting to see a flood of 'really low-quality, AI-made games' on Steam and other storefronts.

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Palworld is getting a spooktacular new Halloween update featuring costumes and "mystery" just like in 2024, despite Pocketpair saying "things will be a little quiet" in preparation for 1.0

Happy Palloween, gamers

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Co-op survival game Necesse is like Terraria but top-down with an "infinite" world – it just left early access and flew up the Steam charts with Palworld's blessing: "Absolute banger"

Necesse is a Steam hit all over again

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The Steam store just added a feature I didn't know I needed until Valve pointed it out: a dedicated page for every bundle containing a game

Hooray for Steam making finding discounts easier

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"We're doing just fine:" Palworld dev addresses hate surrounding the survival game, says it's just "an easy 500k views" that "doesn't actually have any impact on the game"

"It is what it is"

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Former Nintendo marketing leads theorize the company is finding a "backdoor angle" to use while suing AI creators over fake Pokemon content, "kind of like with Palworld"

"Nintendo's lawyers are very good"

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Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director joins Palworld dev, FPS legend Shroud, and thousands of positive players on Steam on the Megabonk hype train: "It's the perfect brain rot"

But the Baldur's Gate 3 dev means it in the nicest way possible

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"Nintendo is so wrong, it hurts" – US IP expert says Nintendo claiming mods don't invalidate its Pokemon patents is "just a loser argument" and a "Hail Mary" in its ongoing legal fight with Palworld

"I would never make that argument in a million years"

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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.

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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.

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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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