Have you ever pretended to be ill on the launch day of a game you're excited about just so you could take a sick day off work to play it? I'm willing to bet many gamers have, and if you're one of them, you've got something in common with the developers of 2024's hit creature collector RPG Palworld.
Pocketpair — the Japanese studio behind the game — publicly shared a memo sent to its employees internally on social media, revealing that it made Friday, February 28 a company-wide holiday and gave nearly everyone the day off. The reason? Tons of employees were sending in "mysterious reports" they'd be sick that day, which just so happened to be the release date of Capcom's highly anticipated ARPG Monster Hunter Wilds. I'm sure that was just a coincidence!
