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It has been a year and a day since Palworld – a game that the internet dubbed ‘Pokémon with guns’ ahead of its early access release – burst onto the scene.
Pocketpair’s creature catching survival game quickly became the first big mega-hit of 2024, surpassing 2m concurrent players on Steam back in January. It was only the second game to ever achieve this, the other being PUBG.
Now, as Palworld turns one, the team has outlined its plans for the game’s second year, with a roadmap which includes co-op crossplay and an “ending scenario”.
“We’ve been updating the game since the start of Early Access, and we’ll continue to update Palworld as we prepare for the official release,” Pocketpair shared in an update on Steam.
It then highlighted the following points heading to Palworld in the future.
- Co-op Crossplay
- World Transfers for Pals
- World Tree / Ending Scenario
- Further ways to strengthen and improve Pals
- Various new content such as new Pals and technologies
- Game Collaborations (Including Terraria)
- Improvements to world object placement
- Improvements to base Pals
- Improvements to optimisation
- Improvements to UX
“We look forward to your continued support for Palworld in its second year,” the developer wrote, adding that the game’s soundtrack is now available for free on the Pocketpair YouTube channel.
Following its monumental debut, Palworld’s developer founded a new company known as Palworld Entertainment last year. This company is designed to “accelerate the multifaceted global development” of the game and the brand’s further expansion.
It hasn’t all been plain sailing for the Palworld team, however. Nintendo announced it was suing Pocketpair for infringement of “multiple” patents back in September, and it was later confirmed the lawsuit is targeting three patents in particular. As part of an update in December, Pocketpair subsequently removed the ability to summon creatures by throwing Pokéball-style Pal Spheres.
Kurt Indovina
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