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As scheduled, Pocketpair released Palworld on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Xbox Game Pass yesterday. Now, Pocketpair has announced that it sold over one million copies of Palword within eight hours of release. The developer hasn’t revealed if that figure also includes downloads made using Microsoft’s game subscription service. Even if the figure includes those downloads, it is quite an achievement for the developer, especially considering that the game is still in early access. According to Pocketpair, Palword…

Many people refer to Palworld as Pokémon with guns, but that’s selling the game short. Sure, you can and will use a host of firearms to fight Pals, but the Pals themselves also have types just like their pocket monster counterparts. And just like in the game that inspired it, Pal types play a huge role in which ones are more effective against the others. Some elemental weakness will be obvious, but the system does work slightly differently than that you might be used to. Here is how elemental types work in Palworld…

Palworld has sold a million copies in just over eight hours, The game has been thanks to its unique ‘Pokémon with guns’ premise, and it looks like launch day has been an absolute success.It’s been so successful, as a matter of fact, that the game’s under the stress of millions of gun-toting PokéMasters. The developer urges patience and says it’s “working to resolve this ASAP!” The sheer number of downloads and concurrent players have made this the biggest Steam launch of the year so far, These figures only refer to…