Palworld is, belatedly, now available in Japan on PlayStation 5. Palworld was first released on PlayStation consoles last month. However, although Pocketpair's captivating survival game debuted on PS5 in 68 countries and regions around the world, it was not released simultaneously in Japan. A reason for this omission was not given, although it was speculated … Read more
Palworld is a Pokémon-like creature collection game that gained notable popularity across consoles and PC, and it doesn't even remain in Early Access. Of course, the very litigious Nintendo was also aware of the game's popularity, and instead of bringing Pokemon games to PC and competing consoles, they were busy filing new patents to sue … Read more
Developer Pocketpair has signed a deal with Krafton to bring Palworld to mobile platforms. Krafton – who is perhaps best known for his work on PUBG – said this deal will see the company “faithfully reinterpret and implement key fun elements of the original for the mobile environment”. Krafton subsidiary PUBG Studios will handle development … Read more
After last week's shocking announcement that Nintendo is suing Palworld maker Pocketpair for infringing “multiple patent rights,” one intellectual property expert said it's “extremely plausible” that Nintendo created its claims patent specifically to target Palworld. Writing for Gamesindustry.biz, Andrew Velzen – an associate at law firm MBHB – began by summarizing some of the intellectual … Read more