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Wednesday19th Mar 2025
News Palworld's Crossplay Update Now Live On Xbox, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Breaking barriers
Palworld developer Pocketpair has been working around the clock to enhance the overall experience, and today it's rolled out the anticipated crossplay update. This new feature is supported across all available platforms including Xbox Series X|S, Steam, PlayStation 5 and even Mac. This update is part of Version 0.5.0 which also...
Tuesday18th Mar 2025
News Palworld's Developer Was Apparently Shocked By Nintendo's Lawsuit
It "changed a lot" for the Xbox Game Pass hit
In case you somehow missed it, Nintendo ended up filing a patent infringement lawsuit against the Xbox Game Pass hit Palworld last September. While Pocketpair released an official statement in response to this at the time, the team's communications director and publishing manager John Buckley revealed...
Thursday20th Feb 2025
News Xbox Game Pass Hit 'Palworld' Celebrates First Anniversary
A new update has also gone live
This week marks the first anniversary of the monster-catching game Palworld and the developer Pocketpair has provided a player update. After a successful launch on Xbox Game Pass, followed by releases on various other platforms, the game has now surpassed 32 million players. Of course, it's still sorting out some...
Thursday23rd Jan 2025
News Xbox Game Pass Hit Palworld Was So Successful It's Spawned A New Publisher
Pocketpair Publishing is a-go!
The team behind Xbox Game Pass mega-hit Palworld has announced 'Pocketpair Publishing', a new game-making company set up to help fund games by other developers. The team's Publishing Manager says "we've been working on this for so long" and that "big things" are coming for the publisher moving forward. Speaking of...
Thursday28th Nov 2024
News Palworld's Next New Island Will Be 'Six Times' Bigger Than Its Previous Map Expansion
Coming to Xbox Game Pass next month
Right at the start of the year, Palworld exploded in popularity on Xbox Game Pass - and ever since then developer Pocketpair has been expanding on its Pokémon-like adventure. Well, going off the team's latest announcement, it sounds like Palworld's December update could be the biggest one yet. Posting out to its...
Saturday21st Sep 2024
News Palworld Dev Pocketpair Responds To Nintendo Lawsuit
It's accused of "patent infringement"
Following Nintendo and The Pokémon Company filing a "patent infridgement lawsuit" against the Palworld developer Pocketpair, the indie developer has now issued its own formal response. Here it is in full: Yesterday, a lawsuit was filed against our company for patent infringement. We have received notice of...
Thursday19th Sep 2024
News Nintendo And The Pokémon Company File Lawsuit Against Palworld Developer
Palworld arrived on Game Pass earlier this year
The Xbox and Game Pass hit Palworld is in the firing line of Nintendo and The Pokémon Company this week, with the Japanese companies filing a "patent infringement lawsuit" in Tokyo District Court against the creator Pocketpair. Here is Nintendo's statement in full: "Nintendo Co., Ltd. (HQ: Kyoto,...
Saturday14th Sep 2024
News Xbox Game Pass Hit Palworld Considering Free-To-Play Live Service Model
Update: The developer says it's "no longer suitable"
Update [Sun 15th Sep, 2024 12:00 BST]: Pocketpair has responded to the recent headlines regarding the idea of Palworld going free-to-play. The interview published earlier this week where the company CEO spoke about this was apparently conducted "several months ago" and the team has already...
Thursday27th Jun 2024
News Palworld's 'First Major Update' Adds Brand-New Island To Xbox Game Pass Adventure
"A new island has appeared!"
Palworld developer Pocketpair has detailed the game's latest content drop - one that it's calling the "first major update" for the Pokémon-like adventure. Of course, we've had some notable Palworld updates in the past, bu
Wednesday19th Jun 2024
News Xbox Console Exclusive 'Creatures Of Ava' Gets Game Pass Release Date
Palworld but... without guns?
Xbox Game Pass just keeps on expanding in 2024, and those who caught Palworld fever earlier this year might want to keep an eye on Creatues of Ava. Now confirmed for the service this August, Inverge Studios' take on the 'Pokémon-like' is all about saving creat
Wednesday12th Jun 2024
News Palworld Update Preview Brings Dedicated Servers To Xbox Players
Early access to a major new feature
If you're a big Palworld fan and you've been eagerly awaiting the arrival of dedicated servers on Xbox, you'll be glad to know that they're arrived... kind of. Although they're not fully available yet, you can still access them as of today! This is via a new service called the Palworld Update Preview, which...
Wednesday17th Apr 2024
News Pocketpair CEO On Devs Copying Palworld: 'These Are Incredible Times'
The Game Pass hit seems to be inspiring other devs
Ever since it burst onto the scene back in January, Palworld has been labelled a Pokémon clone of sorts - or at least something akin to 'Pokémon with guns' available on Xbox. However true that may be, Pocketpair's CEO has now claimed that its game is being copied, during "incredible times" for the
Tuesday16th Apr 2024
News Palworld Update 0.2.2.0 Coming To Xbox Soon, Here's What's Included
"Major fixes" and more
Pocketpair is still rolling out regular updates for its smash hit release Palworld and this includes a new patch for Xbox Series X|S, bumping the game up to Version 0.2.2.0. This latest update, which will be released when its ready, comes with "major fixes" and various other fixes. Here's the full rundown of what to expect...
Thursday11th Apr 2024
News Palworld Is Officially Getting An Arena Mode On Xbox Later This Year
"Train the strongest Pals and defeat all your rivals"
You could say that Palworld has been a pretty big Xbox Game Pass hit since its launch earlier this year, and now the team at Pocketpair has something a little different up its sleeve. Arriving later on in 2024, the Pokémon-like is officially getting an Arena mode. '
Thursday4th Apr 2024
News Palworld Patch Notes Unveiled For Xbox's Major 'Raid Boss' Update
"Challenge the brutal new raid boss!"
It's (almost) time for another Palworld update on Xbox! This latest update introduces the game's first raid boss named "Bellanoir" who serves as a powerful enemy that can be found at the new Summoning Altar. "Challenge the brutal new raid boss! Bellanoir is here! By dedicating a slab to the new Summoning...
Monday18th Mar 2024
News Palworld Dev Teases First 'Raid' For Xbox Game Pass Mega-Hit
"Only the most skilled Pal Tamers stand a chance"
Palworld developer Pocketpair has begun teasing its 'Bellanoir' raid; a major new addition to the Pokémon-like Xbox Game Pass hit. According to the team, this brand-new raid experience will be suitable for "only the most skilled Pal Tamers" as it introduces "a powerful evil" into Palworld. Here's...
Friday15th Mar 2024
News Palworld Dev 'Open' To Acquisition Offers, But Hasn't Talked To Xbox
Should Microsoft pursue it?
The immense success of Palworld has undoubtedly been the biggest surprise of 2024 so far, and it certainly helps from a Microsoft perspective that it's become one of the best Xbox exclusives of recent times. It's also led to a lot of speculation in recent months about whether Xbox could be interested in acquiring the...
Friday8th Mar 2024
News Palworld Update Attempts To Fix Another Cloud Save Issue On Xbox
Update 0.1.5.2 is now live
Hot on the heels of patch 0.1.5.1, Palworld has just gotten another update on Xbox - and it appears to fix an increasingly common issue cropping up on Microsoft's platform. Yep, Palworld seems to be another Xbox title that's run into problems with cloud save sizes. Saves over 16MB in size seemed to be causing issues,...
Thursday29th Feb 2024
News Palworld Patch Notes Unveiled For Second Xbox Update Of The Week (0.1.5.1)
There's no slowing down here!
These Palworld updates really don't slow down, do they?! Following the 0.1.5.0 update that arrived on Xbox consoles just a couple of days ago, the game is about to receive another new update in the form of 0.1.5.1. This time, the major focus is on "fixing various game crashes" - which is particularly important as we've...
Tuesday27th Feb 2024
News Palworld Update 0.1.5.0 Hits Xbox Very Soon, Here Are The Patch Notes
Future update to address "auto-save fails" on Xbox
Palworld has exploded in popularity on Xbox and PC with more than 25 million players now joining in on the fun. As players continue to show their support, so do the developers with regular updates. The latest one bumps the game up to Version 0.1.5.0. It's loaded with a bunch of fixes, Pal...
Friday23rd Feb 2024
News Xbox Series S Custom Console & Controllers Unveiled For Mega-Hit Palworld
"Imagine playing Palworld on THIS"
Fancy throwing your name in the hat for a custom Palworld Xbox Series S console bundle? Well, here's your chance! Xbox has just announced its latest sweepstakes competition - featuring a one-of-a-kind Palworld console alongside four unique Xbox controllers and a three-month Game Pass Ultimate code. This looks like...
Thursday22nd Feb 2024
News Palworld Hits Ridiculous Player Milestone In Just One Month On Xbox & PC
"Thank you for your continued support!"
Palworld has been a huge hit for developer Pocketpair since its big Xbox and PC launch last month, and the team has revealed some updated figures on how the game has been doing in the month-or-so since release. Across Xbox and PC platforms, Palworld has managed to attract a whopping 25 million players in...
Thursday15th Feb 2024
News Xbox President's Reported Message To Employees: 'Every Screen Is An Xbox'
Striving to be the top "cross-platform gaming company"
During the same supposed Xbox town hall meeting last week, Xbox's new president Sarah Bond reportedly shared the message that "every screen is an Xbox". Inverse journalist Shannon Liao claims to have confirmed this with "multiple Microsoft employees" who attended the virtual town hall on...
Wednesday7th Feb 2024
News Palworld Update 0.1.1.4 Hits Xbox This Week, Here Are The Patch Notes
"Thank you for your continued support"
Another week, another update for Palworld on Xbox! This latest Palworld update is version 0.1.1.4, and it'll be available at some point this week - most probably later today. You'll find it on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. In terms of what's been added, there are a few "Major Fixes" including one...
Monday5th Feb 2024
News Palworld Server Costs May Explain Why Xbox Is Helping Out With Pocketpair's Game Pass Hit
"We’re providing support to enable dedicated servers"
Last week, Xbox provided an update on the mega-successful Palworld and how the team was helping out with the Game Pass phenomenon - and a new post from the developer's CEO explains why this may be necessary. Taking to Twitter, Pocketpair's Takuro Mizobe joked about the server costs for...
Thursday1st Feb 2024
News Palworld Is Getting Its Largest Xbox Update Yet, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Featuring a whole bunch of fixes
You can't criticise the developers at Pocketpair for being slow with updates lately - we've seen a bunch of them for Palworld since the game arrived on Xbox and PC back in mid-January. That continues this week with the biggest yet! The team has unveiled Palworld update 0.1.1.3 for Xbox and 0.1.4.0 for Steam over on...
News Xbox 'Providing Support To Enable Dedicated Servers' In Palworld
It's now "the biggest 3rd party Game Pass launch ever"
Palworld has become an overnight sensation and Xbox has now confirmed it's performing just as well on Game Pass. It's officially the subscription service's "biggest" third-party launch ever, with more than 7 million Xbox players experiencing the game since its 'Game Preview' debut last month...
Monday29th Jan 2024
News Palworld Analysed By Digital Foundry, And There Are Some Surprising Results On Xbox
All four Xbox versions tested
Palworld has taken the gaming world by storm over the last week or two, with developer Pocketpair clearly delivering a mashup that's interesting players in a big way. At the moment though, the title is still in "Xbox Game Preview form" - and outlet Digital Foundry has taken a look at the technical side of things at...
Wednesday24th Jan 2024
News Palworld 'Roadmap' Reveals Eight Major Features Coming To Xbox & PC
"We would like to share with you our roadmap"
Following the massive success of Palworld across Xbox consoles and PC over the past few days, the developer behind the game has released an official Palworld roadmap, containing various new features in the works. You can see an at-a-glance view of the Palworld roadmap up above, and the bit we're most...
News Palworld 'Pokémon Mod' YouTube Videos Already Hit With Takedowns
The 'game preview' has been a massive hit so far
Palworld has been breaking all sorts of records since its arrival on Xbox, Game Pass and Windows last week, and while many players seem to be enjoying it, its success has admittedly come with some controversy. The latest development is tied to a Pokémon mod now available in the PC version of the...
