The hype is over for Palworld...but not the legal trouble; the Pokémon Company is finally ready to square up.
Palworld was one of the biggest hits of 2024 and at one point had the third most concurrent players in Steam history. In January, over two millions players were enjoying the survival Pokémon-clone at the same time!But the hype passed, and even with the big update in June, Palworld has failed to win back many players. Now, more bad news is in store.
Let The Lawyers Cook
On September 18, 2024, The Pokémon Company, along with Nintendo, filed a lawsuit for patent infringement against the team behind Palworld. Despite the Palworld devs basically giving them a blueprint for how to make a good Pokémon game, The Pokémon Company is out for blood, and understandably so given how obviously "inspired" the creatures in Palworld are. We don't know how successful the lawsuit is likely to be, but they've probably been preparing the case for the last eight or nine months, so at the very least we can expect this to a lengthy case.
Are still playing Palworld, or did you move on?