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"It is truly unfortunate that we will be forced to allocate significant time to matters unrelated to game development due to this lawsuit," — Palworld responds to news of Nintendo suing for patent infringement

Pocketpair, creators of Palworld, have today issued a statement in response to Nintendo filing a lawsuit for patent infringement. The statement states that Pocket Pair regrets the significant time they must allocate to this rather than developing the game.

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Just as it looked like Palworld might escape Nintendo's gaze, the lawsuit has been filed: Nintendo is suing Pocketpair for patent infringement

The Pokémon-inspired survival game allegedly "infringes multiple patents".

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Pocketpair confirms Palworld isn't turning into a live-service game and won't be free-to-play: 'We are not changing our game's business model'

You can calm down now.

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"We are very aware that this just isn't what our players want" Palworld creators confirm that they have no plans to go 'free-to-play' but are still planning skins and DLC

In a recent interview, Palworld's creator discussed a potential move to a free-to-play model for the game and touched on the AI rumors that plagued it earlier this year.

Windows Central

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 hopes to "help more indie devs" after the survival game's runaway success: "We were in the same position only a year ago until Palworld changed our lives"

Palworld is one of the lucky ones

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After using generative AI in a co-op painting game 2 years ago, Palworld studio CEO wants to keep "a healthy distance from technological advancements"

The team doesn't want to "actively pursue something that’s going to upset people"

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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.

PC Gamer

Palworld's profits are so massive that its devs' next game could "go beyond AAA," but its CEO doesn't want to wield "such an enormous budget"

Pocketpair's CEO is interested in pursuing interesting indie ideas, instead

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'I can't thank streamers enough': Palworld developer's CEO weighs in on Japanese visual novel discourse in the wake of streaming controversy

I wanna stream the very best, that no-one ever was.

PC Gamer

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"

GamesRadar

Palworld dev finds common ground with Nintendo, dismisses use of generative AI: "Our artists draw thousands of sketches"

Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe is shutting down the AI rumors about Palworld

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'Our artists draw thousands of sketches': Palworld's CEO, seemingly exhausted by AI art accusations, once more tries to put them to bed

Drawing the lines.

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5 months later, Palword dev has heard "nothing at all" from Nintendo about The Pokemon Company's apparent legal investigation

"Nintendo and the Pokémon Company didn't say anything to us"

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Palworld devs are "still discussing" bringing the hit survival game to platforms like PlayStation, but a Nintendo Switch release looks unlikely due to "technical reasons"

If you want to play on the go, you'll need a Steam Deck

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Years before Palworld became the biggest survival game in the world, its CEO loaned out part of the studio's office for poker chip storage

Play your cards right

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Barely 4 months later, Palworld CEO says "Genshin Impact-level" clones of his survival game are "incredible," with budgets "10 times larger"

Auroria is the latest sandbox game to catch Takuro Mizobe's attention

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Palworld's made so much money it's 'too big for a studio with our size to handle', but CEO says it's not going to go public or sell up yet: 'I want to make multiple small games'

Won't someone think of the shareholders!

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Palworld dev says 'a game without a multiplayer mode just doesn’t feel right in the era we live today'

"Colleagues were against leaving useless bodies in the game, but I pushed it through."

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Palworld devs "in talks" to bring the survival game x Pokemon mashup to more platforms in the future

Pocketpair is open to partnership or acquisition offers

GamesRadar

Palworld creator wants to avoid "big-budget triple-A games" in the future as the hit survival game's profits are "too big for a studio with our size to handle"

Pocketpair is remaining small amid Palworld's giant success

PC Gamer

Palworld server costs near $500K per month as network engineer is ordered to 'never let the service go down no matter what'

"Wait, maybe we'll go bankrupt from server fees?" joked the Pocketpair CEO.

GamesRadar

Palworld dev CEO jokes server fees could bankrupt the studio after it spends $478,000 to "never let the service go down no matter what"

It costs a pretty penny to support so many players at once

PC Gamer

It's a miracle that Palworld exists, according to the studio founder: 'It was the antithesis of proper game development'

Pocketpair's CEO explained just how little experience the team had before making the smash hit.

Windows Central

The Pokémon Company responds to Palworld plagiarism concerns: "We intend to investigate and take appropriate measures"

About a week after Palworld's release, The Pokémon Company has issued a statement about the game.

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