Earlier this week, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company, of which it’s a part owner, announced they were suing the maker of Palworld, a survival crafting MMO that blew up earlier this year on Steam and Xbox. The companies accused Pocketpair, the studio beh...
Next week, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom launches on Nintendo Switch. It’s the first mainline entry in the franchise to let you play as Princess Zelda. And once again, Nintendo is being secretive about who developed it, though fans have seeming...
The annual Pokémon Day Presents showcase takes place this Tuesday, February 27 in celebration of the series’ anniversary. This is where The Pokémon Company typically announces its next big game, and offers updates on its various live service projects. ...
Hey, remember that little game Palworld? Well as of today, it’s surpassed a staggering 25 million players, all within about a month of its early access launch. That’s a lot of people shooting at or alongside their legally distinct “pals,” not Pokémon. ...
Love is in the air this week at Kotaku Towers, and the PS3-era charms ofHelldivers 2 have us totally smitten. Meanwhile, the Palworld hype train charges on, but we’re still keeping an eye on old loves and frenemies like Baldur’s Gate 3 and Overwatch 2....
We’re just six weeks in to 2024, and we’ve already seen the release of some absolulte bangers, including Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth and Persona 3 Reload. But the year’s biggest surprise so far has been a game most observers wrote off as a Pokémon-k...
Pokémon with guns (aka Palworld) is a massive hit and a lot of kids and teenagers are enjoying the open-world survival crafting game. It’s likely to be a popular source of inspiration for this year’s Halloween costumes and so, as expected, some compani...
Palworld, the animal-catching survival game available on PC and Xbox (it’s free on Game Pass), tasks you with fighting and catching creatures called Pals. That’s on top of basic survival tasks like resource farming, and maintaining bodily needs like hu...
The Thaumaturge, an upcoming narrative-focused, turn-based RPG, was planned to launch in just a few days on February 20. However, the game has now been delayed until March as the developers and publishers hope to avoid a “busy” February and give the ga...
Palworld's developer Pocketpair has started a recruitment drive to get larger. In a post on their Japanese X account, the studio revealed that they are looking for new people with decent market experience in every position available. Interestingly, they are recruiting mostly engineers and they don't care about prior experience with a specific engine. You can also view the post below, with its automated translation version. The popularity of Palworld in the industry is a fact that no one can deny, and the game has achieved massive success in such a short period of time. Pocketpair's game has exceeded 19 […]
A big part of Palworld is, of course, collecting the Pokémon-like Pals themselves, but sometimes, finding or catching a particular Pal can feel like a real chore. Should you happen to be tired of scouring the world to try and capture a specific Pal, th...
Palworld has been topping up the charts regarding player counts, but this has come with a "cost," as the developer Pocketpair reveals that they are spending huge on maintaining servers. The CEO, Takuro Mizobe, revealed the information in a post, exclaiming that Palworld is getting costly to keep the servers online. In a post on X, he disclosed that maintaining the servers has cost the firm a whopping 70 million yen, equivalent to around $475,000. Moreover, Takuro joked about the high costs as well, claiming that the firm would go "bankrupt from server fees," although it is highly likely that […]
Palworld's been one of those games that has dominated the world due to its unique "premise." Said premise is the cutesy little Pokemon-like Pals wielding guns while you explore a world of wonder. I won't address the discourse surrounding Palworld in this article; I'm here to offer my thoughts on the game after playing it for a few hours. While the Internet is currently deciding whether or not the game has ripped off GameFreak's property, I was busy immersing myself in the game. In other words, I spent a long period playing the game, capturing the creatures, and seeing what […]
February is in full swing, new games have arrived, and we’re looking at a month full of some pretty neat games to pick up in the coming weeks. So what are we here at Kotaku looking forward to spending our time with this weekend?Read more...
The annual Pokémon Day Presents showcase takes place this Tuesday, February 27 in celebration of the series’ anniversary. This is where The Pokémon Company typically announces its next big game, and offers updates on its various live service projects. ...
Hey, remember that little game Palworld? Well as of today, it’s surpassed a staggering 25 million players, all within about a month of its early access launch. That’s a lot of people shooting at or alongside their legally distinct “pals,” not Pokémon. ...
Love is in the air this week at Kotaku Towers, and the PS3-era charms ofHelldivers 2 have us totally smitten. Meanwhile, the Palworld hype train charges on, but we’re still keeping an eye on old loves and frenemies like Baldur’s Gate 3 and Overwatch 2....
We’re just six weeks in to 2024, and we’ve already seen the release of some absolulte bangers, including Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth and Persona 3 Reload. But the year’s biggest surprise so far has been a game most observers wrote off as a Pokémon-k...
Pokémon with guns (aka Palworld) is a massive hit and a lot of kids and teenagers are enjoying the open-world survival crafting game. It’s likely to be a popular source of inspiration for this year’s Halloween costumes and so, as expected, some compani...
Palworld, the animal-catching survival game available on PC and Xbox (it’s free on Game Pass), tasks you with fighting and catching creatures called Pals. That’s on top of basic survival tasks like resource farming, and maintaining bodily needs like hu...
The Thaumaturge, an upcoming narrative-focused, turn-based RPG, was planned to launch in just a few days on February 20. However, the game has now been delayed until March as the developers and publishers hope to avoid a “busy” February and give the ga...
Palworld's developer Pocketpair has started a recruitment drive to get larger. In a post on their Japanese X account, the studio revealed that they are looking for new people with decent market experience in every position available. Interestingly, they are recruiting mostly engineers and they don't care about prior experience with a specific engine. You can also view the post below, with its automated translation version. The popularity of Palworld in the industry is a fact that no one can deny, and the game has achieved massive success in such a short period of time. Pocketpair's game has exceeded 19 […]
A big part of Palworld is, of course, collecting the Pokémon-like Pals themselves, but sometimes, finding or catching a particular Pal can feel like a real chore. Should you happen to be tired of scouring the world to try and capture a specific Pal, th...
Palworld has been topping up the charts regarding player counts, but this has come with a "cost," as the developer Pocketpair reveals that they are spending huge on maintaining servers. The CEO, Takuro Mizobe, revealed the information in a post, exclaiming that Palworld is getting costly to keep the servers online. In a post on X, he disclosed that maintaining the servers has cost the firm a whopping 70 million yen, equivalent to around $475,000. Moreover, Takuro joked about the high costs as well, claiming that the firm would go "bankrupt from server fees," although it is highly likely that […]
Palworld's been one of those games that has dominated the world due to its unique "premise." Said premise is the cutesy little Pokemon-like Pals wielding guns while you explore a world of wonder. I won't address the discourse surrounding Palworld in this article; I'm here to offer my thoughts on the game after playing it for a few hours. While the Internet is currently deciding whether or not the game has ripped off GameFreak's property, I was busy immersing myself in the game. In other words, I spent a long period playing the game, capturing the creatures, and seeing what […]
February is in full swing, new games have arrived, and we’re looking at a month full of some pretty neat games to pick up in the coming weeks. So what are we here at Kotaku looking forward to spending our time with this weekend?Read more...