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Palworld developer Pocketpair has warned fans of potential connectivity issues on Steam and Xbox. The hugely popular 'Pokemon with Guns' game has exceeded all expectations, racking up millions upon millions of sales since launching earlier this year. The popularity has even taken its development team by surprise, which is why it's necessary to perform server maintenance to make changes to the "multiplayer system infrastructure". Pocketpair will perform the maintenance from 6pm GMT UK time on February 6, so don't be…

Pocketpair are currently spending £380k a month in server fees following the huge success of Palworld. Palworld launched in Early Access last month and, according to developers Pocketpair, has seen over 19million people play the game. However, this has resulted in massive server fees, with Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe taking to social media to joke that the game’s success could “bankrupt” the studio. He also shared an invoice for £380k for server fees, which are up 359 per cent this month. あれ、ひょっとしてサーバー代で倒産する？…

There are a lot fewer similarities between Palworld and Pokémon than you would think when looking at the monster designs. Yes, you can catch and fight with Pals of different types against other Pals, but the similarities mostly end there. A major change is that Pals don’t evolve, meaning the only way to get new or stronger Pals is to catch them or breed them. Depending on which two Pals you breed, you will get a different Pal from the egg they make. While this new Pal will always be stronger, some combinations can…

By now, it feels like a lot of us are fit to burst on all things Palworld. However, as Pocketpair sends out another patch to fix a variety of bugs, the game continues to experience more popularity than…well, a very very popular thing. Version 0.1.4.0 has been rolling out on Steam, with a lot of fixes being implemented. For starters, there’s been an issue where players have been receiving damage twice. This has now been patched out. Also, players will “no longer pass through walls when dismounting.” That was a thing, it…

Palworld, the viral “Pokémon with guns” game that launched in Early Access to mixed reviews, has already sold 19 million copies. Developer Pocketpair says it’s sold 12 million copies on Steam and seven million on Xbox since its January 19 launch (after selling over a million in its first eight hours). Microsoft says the tongue-in-cheek Pokémon satire is the biggest third-party launch on Game Pass.“The response from fans has been tremendous and it’s incredible to see the millions of players around the world enjoying…

You can’t throw a rock in Palworld without hitting some material you can grab. Some materials you will need for almost everything, such as Paldium, while others have more specific uses like Coal. Then there are the materials that you can never seem to find when you need them. Beautiful Flowers sound like the kind of thing you would see all over in Palworld, and yet they are among the more elusive items in the game. There are only a few places they show up naturally, and a scant few Pals that drop them as loot. If…

Less than two weeks after Palworld was released to Early Access and it’s become one of the biggest-selling games of this generation. Actually, it’s pretty much close to being the most-played game that’s ever been released on Steam. That’s according to data from SteamDB. When arranged by “All-Time Peak” figures, we can see that Palworld is at the number two spot with 2,101,867 concurrent players. The only game that’s ahead of it is PUBG: Battlegrounds, which had a staggering 3,257,248 players about six years ago.…

With more than 1.7 million people playing at the time of writing, Palworld feels like it can do no wrong. Well, unless Nintendo/The Pokémon Company has anything to say about it. Before the call to investigate Pocketpair’s game, the modding community has taken to safeguarding itself from potential litigation. In a news update posted a few days ago, Nexus Mods has decided to put a stop to anyone uploading mods for Palworld that is considered to feature Pokémon copyrighted material. Any modifications that contain…

While Palworld does take a lot of cues from its obvious inspiration, Pokemon, it isn’t simply a clone. Apart from catching and battling colorful monsters of various types, this is also a survival game with tons of building and crafting elements. Most of the early items you can craft will need basic materials, but when you start getting to the good stuff, Ancient Civilization Parts will be required more and more. While there are a few ways to get this resource, it isn’t easy to come by and won’t happen naturally for…

Pocketpair The Pokémon Company finally put out a statement addressing the similarities between the designs of some creatures from its namesake franchise and Pocketpair’s viral monster-collecting survival crafting game Palworld. The company says it is investigating the matter. Pocketpair’s Palworld has been this month’s surprise gaming hit, selling over 8 million copies in less than a week. While its survival crafting gameplay is quite different from the turn-based RPG stylings of Pokémon, Palworld has still garnered…