Summary
Following the growing popularity ofPalworld, developer Pocketpair has revealed its roadmap for the game. Despite being merely days into launch,Palworldis already a massive hitwith its demand showing no signs of slowing down. As the numbers keep piling up, the studio is now offering a glimpse of what players can expect from the game in the coming months.
Palworld’s rising popularity over the past few days has been unprecedented, particularly with the game’s exclusivity to PC and Xbox. The “Pokemonwith guns” title managed to cross 2 million in sales in 24 hours, edging up to 7 million within five days. It now holds the record for the second-highest peak player count on Steam withPalworldovertakingCounter-Strike 2, accounting for over 1.85 million players. While it remains to be seen how long the game will sustain this massive player base, the studio appears to be making plans already.
In a tweet, Pocketpair unveiled its roadmap forPalworld. As per the developers, the game will be getting new content in the form of new islands, new Pals, and bosses. More importantly,Palworldwill add PvP, a Pal Arena, and Xbox-Steam crossplay among other updates. The studio will also bring raid bosses as part of its end-game content forPalworld. However, Pocketpair has yet to reveal the timelines for these additions.
It’s worth noting that prior to the new in-game content, the studio stated it would prioritize numerous issues currently hinderingPalworld. According to Pocketpair, the game is currently experiencing “many problems due to excessive access congestion” after sales far exceeded the development team’s own expectations. The studio has already beenpatching up issues withPalworldand its latest post hints that it may start ramping up efforts. This means that Pocketpair will address bugs, loading screen issues, and other improvements such as upgrading base Pal AI and pathing.
Interestingly, even asPalworldlooks to sustain its status as a global hit, debates over its comparisons withPokemoncontinue to be a talking point. Some fans accuse the game of ripping off Game Freak’s designs and using generative AI for its art. However, others claim evidence to the contrary, including Game Freak’s former top lawyer whorefuted thePokemonripoff allegations. Nintendo itself has remained relatively quiet on the matter, only going so far as to take down thePokemonmod forPalworld. Either way, it seems there’s very little that’s keeping millions of players away fromPalworld, and it will be interesting to see how its future pans out.
Palworld
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In this game, you’re able to peacefully live alongside mysterious creatures known as Pals or risk your life to drive off a ruthless poaching syndicate. Pals can be used to fight and breed, or they can be made to work on farms or factories. You can even sell them or eat them.Survival: In a harsh environment where food is scarce and vicious poachers roam, danger waits around every corner. To survive, you must tread carefully and make difficult choices…even if that means eating your own Pals when the time comes.Mounts & Exploration: Pals can be mounted to traverse the land, sea and sky—allowing you to traverse all kinds of environment as you explore the world.Collect all kinds of exciting Pals to fight, farm, build, and work for you in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
