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Palworld lead promises "you will always be able to play" Pocketpair's survival game: "Why would you assume it had an 'end of service?'"

Palworld bucks the genre's tendency for the live-service model

Pocketpair lead tempts fate after Palworld 1.0, asks players what Pals should get new skins and obliterates those who respond "Sekhmet maid skin"

Pocketpair lead tempts fate after Palworld 1.0, asks players what Pals should get new skins and obliterates those who respond "Sekhmet maid skin"

Palworld has been "life-changing," lead says as Pocketpair's survival game hits almost 1 million concurrent players on Steam

Palworld has been "life-changing," lead says as Pocketpair's survival game hits almost 1 million concurrent players on Steam

The 1.0 rollout has gone well

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Palworld 1.0 briefly overtook the king of Steam, Counter-Strike 2, and devs can't help but bask in the victory: "Let me enjoy this moment for just a little longer"

Pocketpair publishing lead Bucky just wants to "pause" for a minute

Palworld would collab with Ark, No Man's Sky, and Enshrouded "tomorrow" if "we could make it make sense," says publishing chief

A Palworld No Man's Sky update would unironically bang

Palworld 1.0 has spurred more "manufactured dramas," says publishing lead – but don't let that put you off the survival game: "Enjoy your hobby"

"You can like any game you want"

Palworld devs have "a few other little secret things in development" amid plans to "keep expanding" the survival game's universe

More Than Just Pals is not the only spin-off in the works

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Palworld pulled in almost 900,000 players over the weekend, its second-highest peak ever

Palworld pulled in almost 900,000 players over the weekend, its second-highest peak ever

Those are some fighting numbers.

Palworld 1.0 patch notes are so large at over 10,000 words they almost didn't fit on Steam, but Pocketpair managed to fix them "without making any compromise"

Palworld 1.0 patch notes are so large at over 10,000 words they almost didn't fit on Steam, but Pocketpair managed to fix them "without making any compromise"

Fans are ready to do a lot of reading

What time does Palworld 1.0 release? Launch time countdown

What time does Palworld 1.0 release? Launch time countdown

Know when you can jump into the game for its full release.

Over 2 years since launch, Palworld hits 40 million players right before its 1.0 release, and now has over 8 million more players than Pokemon Red, Blue, and Green

Over 2 years since launch, Palworld hits 40 million players right before its 1.0 release, and now has over 8 million more players than Pokemon Red, Blue, and Green

How much will that number surge when Palworld leaves early access?

Palworld lead says there's no "bad blood" between rival survival games like Valheim and Rust: "We all get along really well because we all have something in common!"

Palworld lead says there's no "bad blood" between rival survival games like Valheim and Rust: "We all get along really well because we all have something in common!"

"We love survival games!"

Arc Raiders and Marathon aren't "dead" just because their concurrent player count has dropped, Palworld lead says – but he's "not denying that some games do 'die'"

Arc Raiders and Marathon aren't "dead" just because their concurrent player count has dropped, Palworld lead says – but he's "not denying that some games do 'die'"

"Not every game needs an hourly look at Steam charts"

Palworld 1.0 is "bigger in scale than any update" the game's gotten, but Pocketpair still isn't adding Pokemon-style Pal evolutions

Palworld 1.0 is "bigger in scale than any update" the game's gotten, but Pocketpair still isn't adding Pokemon-style Pal evolutions

Evolutions were never in development, either

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"We'd be fools to put this game aside": Palworld devs couldn't resist following 1.0 up with farming and dating sims, says Pocketpair lead

Not to mention the trading card game and merch

For Palworld 1.0, one dev would "force wipe everyone" if he could just because players "will realistically be missing out on content" if they don't start over

But don't worry, Bucky doesn't have that power

Palworld 1.0 sounds huge as Pocketpair lead promises more new Pals than "ever added before in any one update"

"Many many many new Pals," in fact

Palworld 1.0 won't require you to "wipe your data," but Pocketpair says "you should" anyway: "Starting a new character will give you the best experience"

Pocketpair wants "to respect the time and effort you have put in" since Palworld's early-access launch

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Palworld 1.0 is coming next month, over 2 years since its early access launch

Pocketpair teases "fragments of a grand narrative that inches closer to the truth of the world"

Palworld underwater update "literally is never happening," lead reiterates: "Make your peace with that now"

Pocketpair can't even humor the prospect

As every other rival game flees from GTA 6's November release, Palworld lead jokes Pocketpair is going to launch "1.0, Palfarm and the dating sim right alongside" it

It may be a better idea than trying to launch in September

Palworld lead calls Factorio "one of the most influential games" on Steam, and "can't imagine" how different the gaming landscape would be without it

Factorio is ending development of major updates with 2.1

Palworld lead praises "exciting" Lord of the Rings RPG from Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 devs, but says he "would have loved to learn this from a reveal trailer"

"Either way… HYPE!"

As wait for Palworld 1.0 has fans in frenzy, lead says don't expect any "sudden announcement on Discord" as "it's a bit too big of a moment"

Pocketpair won't unveil its work so casually

Palworld lead finally completes Crimson Desert after 189 hours, says only The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind comes close to making him feel the same "sense of wonder and adventure"

"I still have like...20hrs+ worth of side missions still available to do," he says

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