Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

BIZARRE: 6 | Mind Blowing Facts

Dread it, run from it, the Palworld dating sim is real – and Pocketpair is tripling down with a Steam page starring "Chillet's little sister" and "Yandere Splatterina"

"Good idea? Bad idea? Who cares! SOMEONE WILL BE HAPPY!"

GamesRadar

"Minutes after Palworld released," Pocketpair was already getting game pitches from "some really big names" before it even set up its own publisher: "No one has money at the moment"

"we're kind of open to helping people with their weird little ideas because they have them"

GamesRadar

Palworld dev "secretly" brought a game it's publishing to an event that's "not like anything we've been involved in" and reactions are "very positive"

Pocketpair didn't tell anyone it was involved with the game

GamesRadar

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

LIVE: All you need to know about today's Nintendo Direct (but don't get your hopes up for any Switch 2 updates)

The company has made it clear that there will be no new updates on the Nintendo Switch 2 during this presentation, but still some exciting things to look forward to.

Creative Bloq

From Palworld movies to Palworld TV shows: 'Everyone under the sun pitched us every idea you can imagine,' says Pocketpair's communications director

"Nothing's happening at the moment," John "Bucky" Buckley said, though he added: "We're still always thinking about these things."

PC Gamer

'Palworld' Coming to the Nintendo Switch 2? PocketPair Considers Port Amidst Infringement Lawsuit

PocketPair wants Palworld to be available on the Nintendo Switch 2 amidst its ongoing legal battle with them.

Player One

Nintendo's Pokémon-Like Nemesis Won't Back Down From Switch 2 Dreams

Pocketpair's communications director says the Tokyo-based developer wants to bring its hit game Palworld to Nintendo Switch 2 despite ongoing legal challenges.

Inverse

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Palworld isn't coming to the Switch as the open-world survival hit is a "beefy game," but Pocketpair says Switch 2 is "100% worth considering"

"We would like to get it on more handhelds if possible"

GamesRadar

The Feature Every 'Palworld' Fan Wants Has Finally Arrived

Pocketpair has finally added crossplay and a handful of other quality-of-life features to the indie hit, just days after a developer revealed how the team reacted to Nintendo's ongoing lawsuit.

Inverse

Palworld's Crossplay Update does far more than let you play with console buddies, adding photo mode, a drafting table and 'dimensional Pal Storage'

Palmaxxing.

PC Gamer

Palworld community manager admits the survival game is "ripe for toxicity" and has a simple solution: "You just call 'em losers and you kick 'em"

"And then they post on Twitter saying, 'Bucky called me a loser,' and I'm like, 'yeah, you're a loser, dude'"

GamesRadar

Palworld dev revisits "totally not real, or maybe real" dating sim Pocketpair teased last year, fully aware of furry fandom: "There is a very large and very vocal community of passionate individuals"

It's like Hatoful Boyfriend with guns

GamesRadar

It was 'super popular to hate Palworld' after launch, says community manager: 'A lot of companies might crumble under the threats, under the pressure'

Pocketpair has just about given up trying to convince skeptics that it didn't use generative AI, he also said.

PC Gamer

'It was a very depressing day': Palworld community manager reveals studio's reaction to Nintendo lawsuit

The lawsuit came as a surprise, and led the developer to "hire security guards" for its Tokyo Game Show presence.

PC Gamer

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

GamesRadar

"We hit this disgusting number that makes me feel sick": Palworld devs don't know why their survival game was so successful - "If we knew how to do it, we'd do it again"

"Again, why did we get this many players? I don't know, please don't ask me"

GamesRadar

Nintendo's Palworld lawsuit "came as a shock" to Pocketpair because patent infringement was "something that no one even considered"

"Pretty much everyone at Pocketpair is a huge fan"

GamesRadar

Palworld dev reckons "very few companies could survive" a launch like theirs: "A lot of companies might crumble under the threats, under the pressure, under the negativity"

"Pocketpair really is a very, very friendly place"

GamesRadar

Palworld is finally getting crossplay across PC, Xbox and PS5 this month as Pocketpair teases "some little surprises" to come to the survival game

The crossplay update will arrive in "late March"

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Windows Central

Palworld's long-awaited crossplay update finally has a launch window, linking Xbox, PlayStation, and PC players together

Developer Pocketpair confirms the popular survival game will let players join worlds from multiple platforms, as well as transfer their Pals between worlds.

GamesRadar

As Palworld studio's publishing branch teases new reveals, its head is "nervous" that "people will just expect more" games like its survival hit

Pocketpair Publishing isn't aiming to simply create more Palworld-shaped games

Windows Central

Enough Palworld devs sent "mysterious reports" they'd be sick on Monster Hunter Wilds launch day that Pocketpair said screw it and made it a holiday

So many Palworld developers took a sick day for Monster Hunter Wilds that Pocketpair simply made its launch day a holiday.

GamesRadar

Palworld developer Pocketpair announces "special holiday" on Monster Hunter Wilds' launch day as most employees will probably "feel unwell" anyway

Pocketpair's prepping for a monstrous day ahead

GamesRadar

The Palworld lawsuit gets more complicated as Nintendo bags a US patent that sounds a lot like one of the reasons it's suing Pocketpair in Japan

The patent seems to describe throwing mechanics like those seen in Pokemon Legends: Arceus

Windows Central

Nintendo applying for anti-Palworld patents in the US with a whopping 22 out of 23 rejected, but "they are fighting"

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company recently received two new U.S. patents related to game mechanics, such as capturing and fighting characters. These patents are similar to those being used in their Japanese lawsuit against Pocketpair over the game Palworld.

PC Gamer

Palworld developer 'blown away' by the response to its new publishing arm, which has received 150 game pitches just one week after opening

"We're determined to help as many great games get made as possible."

1 … 5 6 7 8

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Pocketpair Publishing

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.