New PALWORLD Game In Development By PUBG Publisher
The Nintendo legal action against Pocketpair is ongoing, but Krafton has announced that a new Palworld mobile game is in the works!
Krafton has announced that it’s developing a Palworld mobile game in partnership with Pocketpair, despite Nintendo’s ongoing legal action against the latter.
Last month, Nintendo announced that it's suing Palworld developer Pocketpair for infringing on "multiple patent rights". In response, the PS5 port was indefinitely delayed in Japan, and a lawyer claimed that Palworld may even have to rework its game mechanics if Nintendo wins.
In any case, the announcement comes from a Krafton Press Release, which reveals that the company has signed a licensing agreement for the intellectual property (IP) of ‘Palworld.’
However, Pocketpair isn't dissuaded and is instead fighting the suit "to ensure that indie game developers are not hindered or discouraged from pursung their creative ideas", while publisher Krafton just announced that it has a new Palworld game in development.
The announcement reads that, “Through this contract, Krafton will expand the Palworld IP to the mobile platform. It plans to faithfully reinterpret and implement the original’s main fun elements to fit the mobile environment. The project will be handled by the development team of ‘PUBG STUDIOS,’ a creative studio under Krafton.”
Kratfon says it’s expanding the IP to mobile, but it’s currently unclear how similar it’ll be to the survival game megahit that first hit PC back in January. It’ll be interesting to see whether it’s a premium game with a familiar structure or a Palworld spin-off in a different genre altogether.
