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Highguard drama prompts Palworld lead to confirm that, no, the hit survival game has no secret investors: "We are 100% independent and self-funded"

After reports claimed Highguard was partially made with Tencent money

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Palworld lead hits back at claims Pocketpair "dgaf" about its survival hit, jokes "we should drop 1.0 right now, add loot boxes, disable singleplayer, online only then shut it down in 12 months"

Palworld publishing lead Bucky isn't having any of it

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Palworld takes the 'red rag to a bull' approach to its Nintendo lawsuit, announces 'a 2-player competitive card game'

A card game where you fight using the monsters in your pocket. What's not to like?

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Pocketpair dates Palworld's second collab, this time with hugely-acclaimed FPS Ultrakill, and again teases a Legendary Pal first shown off years ago for 1.0

Coming next month

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Palworld publishing lead ramps up his crusade against AI games, says "you're huffing pure copium if you think this is going anywhere" and "games like Megabonk will continue to body this for the next 50 years"

I love that the Palworld dev, of all devs, is leading the charge against AI-generated games

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Palworld dev's new publishing label isn't interested in AI slop: "If you're big on AI stuff ... we're not the right partner for that"

Pocketpair Publishing boss John Buckley says "we don't believe in" AI-generated games

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Resident Evil and Street Fighter veteran faces backlash after saying "please don't buy" Palworld, claiming Pocketpair "crossed a line that should not be crossed," and admitting he has not played Palworld

Yoshiki Okamoto does not "want the world to become a place where this kind of thing is acceptable"

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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.

PC Gamer

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

GamesRadar

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.

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'This is for you' – Jay Vine dedicates third Vuelta a España solo triumph to his son as local knowledge proves vital in Andorra

Australian rider welcomed by wife and son at the finish after attacking away on wet descent to win in Pal

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Nintendo is taking desperate measures in patent infringement case against Palworld — and it's looking a little weird

Nintendo’s legal campaign against Palworld continues with Pocketpair making gameplay changes to dodge infringement claims. Now Nintendo is rewriting its own patents mid-lawsuit — a move experts say looks like a last-ditch effort.

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Palworld developer says reaching 32 million players is "unexplainable" and "a lot of people don't realize how much of an anomaly that is"

One of a kind

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The Palworld Dating Sim is real — and so is the Lovander body pillow

Palworld devs are committing to the bit and announced Palworld! More Than Just Pals, the dating sim coming soon to Steam. To celebrate they are giving away not one but TWO Lovander body pillows.

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Two may be company, but for a rising number of Australians, three (or more) isn’t a crowd

Polls and studies show younger people are showing more interest in polyamory and non-traditional relationships

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Palworld dev refuses to be baited into Helldivers 2 comparison: "I don't like you. Console war baiting in 2025 is beyond stupid"

"We just didn’t make a PS5 version, that's all"

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'He was trying his best'—Palworld had a lone server guy trying to keep the game afloat during its 2 million player launch

"We definitely panicked more than we should have."

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Palworld's big Feybreak update adds the "harshest" island yet this month, and it's 6 times bigger than the last one

New Pals, new guns, new everything

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The Nintendo Palworld lawsuit hasn't stopped the survival hit from debuting at the top of Japan's PS5 charts, beating Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero and Metaphor: ReFantazio

"Thank you PlayStation gamers!"

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'It is truly unfortunate': Palworld responds to Nintendo's lawsuit while also continuing to 'strive to create a game that our fans can be proud of'

"We apologise to our fans and supporters for any worry or discomfort."

GamesRadar

"Nintendo may be reaching" in its Palworld lawsuit, according to a lawyer who says it's "hard to imagine what patents" the survival game could have infringed upon

The lawyer also points out that this is a patent infringement lawsuit, not a copyright case

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Palworld CEO says turning the hit survival game into a live-service title would "extend its lifespan," but "the most important thing is whether the players want it"

Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe says "it's not that easy" to adopt a live-service model

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Palworld dev hits back at claims that the survival hit is a "meme game" that has "burned up," and defends Helldivers 2 while they're at it: "As long as someone is enjoying them then surely it's a win?"

"Is Palworld really a meme game, though? Is Helldivers?"

GamesRadar

Palworld dev says "you won't regret" playing more indies instead of "the latest battlepass in your favorite AAA game"

Palworld community manager Bucky wants everyone to play more indie games

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Palworld community lead says really, "We didn't AI generate any Pals" and "no lawsuit ever existed" following viral Pokemon comparisons

"Real life isn't Twitter"

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