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Palworld studio is releasing a psychological horror game so terrifying, even Pocketpair's own publishing manager has been "too scared to play it"

"I just watched others play"

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Palworld dev says Pocketpair could "mass hire" to help update its survival game faster, but it won't: "That's how game companies fall into the usual traps and become slimy"

"You risk changing the company culture"

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New Palworld update Tides of Terraria is a survival game collab "full of new Pals, new islands, new things to do" coming this summer

You feel an evil presence watching you…

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Palworld dev explains what's going on with its slick Dead Cells-style "Metroidvania x Roguelite," which has its own team who "used to be at Pocketpair"

The team still works in Pocketpair's offices, unconventionally, but they're somewhat separate

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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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How does Pocketpair spend all that Palworld money? Dev says they can take "risks" even if "we don't know what we're doing," trusting the CEO has "squirreled away enough to keep us alive"

It's good to be Pocketpair

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Palworld dev says the studio went dark for months because "the team was getting burnt out from all the social media stuff, I was getting burnt out, our CEO was under attack in Japan"

"We really tried to push back on the AI stuff specifically"

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"Minutes after Palworld released," Pocketpair was already getting game pitches from "some really big names" before it even set up its own publisher: "No one has money at the moment"

"we're kind of open to helping people with their weird little ideas because they have them"

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Palworld dev "secretly" brought a game it's publishing to an event that's "not like anything we've been involved in" and reactions are "very positive"

Pocketpair didn't tell anyone it was involved with the game

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From Palworld movies to Palworld TV shows: 'Everyone under the sun pitched us every idea you can imagine,' says Pocketpair's communications director

"Nothing's happening at the moment," John "Bucky" Buckley said, though he added: "We're still always thinking about these things."

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'Palworld' Coming to the Nintendo Switch 2? PocketPair Considers Port Amidst Infringement Lawsuit

PocketPair wants Palworld to be available on the Nintendo Switch 2 amidst its ongoing legal battle with them.

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Palworld isn't coming to the Switch as the open-world survival hit is a "beefy game," but Pocketpair says Switch 2 is "100% worth considering"

"We would like to get it on more handhelds if possible"

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Palworld community manager admits the survival game is "ripe for toxicity" and has a simple solution: "You just call 'em losers and you kick 'em"

"And then they post on Twitter saying, 'Bucky called me a loser,' and I'm like, 'yeah, you're a loser, dude'"

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"We hit this disgusting number that makes me feel sick": Palworld devs don't know why their survival game was so successful - "If we knew how to do it, we'd do it again"

"Again, why did we get this many players? I don't know, please don't ask me"

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Nintendo's Palworld lawsuit "came as a shock" to Pocketpair because patent infringement was "something that no one even considered"

"Pretty much everyone at Pocketpair is a huge fan"

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Palworld developer Pocketpair opened its publishing arm only one week ago, and it's already received 150 pitches: "We're determined to help as many great games get made as possible"

The first genre on its agenda: horror

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Palworld devs faced "so many challenges" in the survival game's first year as pre-launch attention "brought its own difficulties" and post-launch "accusations" were "a lot to handle"

These issues have now "become more manageable"

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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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"No, I don't think Palworld was snubbed": Palworld community lead responds to Game Awards backlash, says "Not everything is a conspiracy"

"Stop being so over dramatic"

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'We won't see another game reach these heights until probably GTA 6': Palworld community manager congratulates Black Myth: Wukong for its continued success

Record-breaking success.

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The follow-up to Palworld could go 'beyond AAA', but Pocketpair's CEO only wants to pursue projects that 'are interesting as indie games'

The next game will remain small, despite the studio's massive success.

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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's community manager says our 'dead game' fixation is ruining gaming: 'I don't think it really serves anyone to push gamers to play the same game, day in and day out'

"It's not healthy for us."

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"Who cares if there's only five people playing": Palworld community lead says you should "just play the games you like" without worrying about "dead" games

With no "dead" games, there'd be more "soulless live service games"

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