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Palworld dev seemingly fires back at comparisons between life sim spin-off Palfarm and Pokemon Pokopia, says he's "surprised" folks think Pocketpair has "wizard-level developers able to make a game in 1 week"

"The tinfoil hats are out in force"

GamesRadar

A week after saying it was going quiet for the rest of the year, Palworld announces a crossover with the brilliant and bloodstained shooter Ultrakill

Nintendo's really gonna love this one.

PC Gamer

Pocketpair announces Palfarm, a Palworld 'cozy life' farm sim spinoff where you can still give a monkey an assault rifle, but like, cozily

I suppose coziness is relative.

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Palworld's new farming sim spin-off has been in the works "for over a year now," but Pocketpair is still hiding "something even CRAZIER" that's not been announced yet

Palfarm might be exciting, but Pocketpair is apparently working on something even better

GamesRadar

Pocketpair's latest 'Palworld' game might make Nintendo patent farming mechanics — 'Palfarm' gets cozy with early access

Hot on the heels of Nintendo's own Pokemon cozy farming life sim, Palworld has its own on the way too.

Windows Central

After Terraria, Palworld devs team up with another indie legend: FPS Ultrakill, and you're not gonna believe this, it's got guns: "Blood is fuel. Hell is full"

Palworld's next crossover is with cult FPS Ultrakill

GamesRadar

Palworld devs announce Palfarm, a multiplayer farming life sim with less survival game grit and more Stardew Valley energy, days after Nintendo reveals Pokemon farming and crafting game Pokopia

Palworld: Palfarm is exactly what it sounds like

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Nintendo reportedly gets even more obnoxious about patent law by taking a 'mods aren't real games' stance against a Dark Souls 3 mod that could invalidate its Palworld lawsuit

Come on, man.

PC Gamer

Palworld lead reminds players the game "is 100% owned, 100% funded, 100% invested and 100% controlled by us, Pocketpair" as some question Sony business deal: "I'm crashing out over this fr fr"

Bucky is in distress

GamesRadar

Palworld dev pushes back on Early Access criticisms, points to examples like Baldur's Gate 3 and Satisfactory: "Games only get better when the players are involved"

"We're not silly enough to think we know best"

GamesRadar

Palworld dev says a Dark Souls 3 mod invalidates Nintendo's Pokeball patent, Nintendo says mods don't count as real games, and an expert worries prior art precedents could see a modder's work "used against them"

"Modders would become 'fair game' as their ideas could be patented by someone else"

GamesRadar

Experts warn Nintendo’s new stance on mods could undermine gaming innovation and legal protections

Nintendo tells Tokyo court mods don’t count as prior art, putting the future of fan-created game content at risk.

Windows Central

"Development on Palworld is not slowing down or scaling back, quite the opposite" — Pocketpair teases v1.0 and the World Tree

Palworld 1.0 launches in 2026 with major updates, leaving Early Access. And yes, the long-awaited World Tree is finally coming.

Windows Central

Palworld 1.0 release scheduled for "next year" with "a truly massive amount of content planned" despite Nintendo's ongoing lawsuit – and Pocketpair is "also working on some other things"

The full launch "will be a major milestone" for the studio

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Palworld is going quiet as Pocketpair takes an iron to its 'quirks and jank,' with full release planned for 2026

Almost two years on, Palworld is nearly ready for primetime. For a given definition of 'nearly,' anyway.

GamesRadar

"I see a lot of publishers I don't like": Vampire Survivors creator made his own publisher to "share the luck" and says too many companies "try to exploit the platforms just to make money"

"I definitely see the publishing business more from the point of view of making games"

Windows Central

“The Patent Office made a huge mistake” — how Nintendo’s problematic 'summoning patent' passed without scrutiny

Nintendo’s broad “summoning” patent slipped through the USPTO, a move which experts call a huge mistake.

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Palworld developer's publishing arm signs a new horror game that doesn't sound creepy at all – a retro-style fishing adventure which definitely has "absolutely no eerie mysteries" whatsoever

Pocketpair Publishing shows off Normal Fishing

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Palworld publishing director teases something "you might just like" is coming soon, but for now "Palworld posting" is on pause until they beat Silksong

GamesRadar+ posting will also pause while I play Silksong

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Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead says patents like the controversial ones Nintendo has secured amid its Palworld lawsuit "are too often used in bad faith"

The patents could reshape other developers' games forever

International Business Times UK

Nintendo Patents Summoning as Nintendo Direct Nears—Experts Warn of Major Impact on Character Games

Nintendo patents summoning mechanics ahead of Nintendo Direct, raising concerns over potential impact on character games and indie studios.

GamesRadar

As the Palworld lawsuit rumbles on, Nintendo claims two new patents that could change the way non-Pokemon creature collectors work for good

Battles may look a whole lot different in the future

Windows Central

Palworld isn’t the only target — Nintendo’s latest patent could touch hundreds of games

Nintendo just patented “summon and fight” in the U.S., raising big questions for Palworld and countless other games.

GamesRadar

Nintendo has more than Palworld to deal with – IP expert says Genshin Impact dev's new Pokemon-style game "clearly infringes" on a hard-to-avoid patent Pocketpair is accused of infringing

Honkai: PokePal Wars

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Palworld might be making another play for Pokemon's crown, snapping up shares in a Japanese card game publisher while Nintendo's lawsuit rumbles on in the background

The Palworld Trading Card Game?

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