While there were plenty of armchair lawyers and some actual lawyers who were convinced that Palworld would end up in hot water with Pokemon and Nintendo due to percieved similarities between its pals and, well, Pokemon, PocketPair's CEO has suggested that the studio is yet to recieve any formal indication of planned legal action from those parties.
If you're out of the loop, back when Palworld had its initial surge in popularity in January, it attracted allegations that the models used for some of its creatures were close to being rip-offs of established Pokemon. Things even got as far as The Pokemon Company issuing a statement on the matter, asserting that it would "investigate and take appropriate measures to address any acts that infringe on intellectual property rights related to the Pokemon".
Well, according to PocketPair CEO Takuro Mizobe in an interview with Game File, nothing concrete in terms of legal communications or outreaches regarding Palworld potentially infriging on any Pokemon IP has been forthcoming from Nintendo or The Pokemon Company so far.
The Steam Summer Sale is kicking off this week, say Valve, purveyors of fine games and thousands of crap ones too (don't worry, we help you tell the difference). The sale begins on Thursday June 27th and runs until July 11th. That's a full two weeks of sun and soulslikes, beach balls and beat 'em ups, paddling pools and puzzle games. I don't know any other objects associated with this mythological "summer" people talk about, I'm from Ireland. But I can tell you at least some of the games that'll be in the sale, according to some bargain-teasing by Valve.
Palworld isn't currently available on PlayStation, but a tweet from the game's community manager appears to be hinting its arrival.
Right now, if you want to play Palworld, the only way to do so is either on PC or Xbox Series X/S. That's not been a problem for the game, as it reached a massive amount of players in just a short period of time after launch, but it's always nice when games can be played across multiple platforms. There have been plenty of users online expressing the desire to play the Pokemon inspired game (I say inspired loosely, here) on PlayStation, but there's no official word on the game being ported to the platform just yet. Yesterday, though, Bucky, Palworld's community manager, shared a tweet that sure seems to be hinting at a PlayStation release.
In the tweet, Bucky wrote the game's name in between black, green, and white heart emojis, following that up with "I want to add more hearts, but not sure what colour would fit...hmm...how about...." again writing Palworld between the same emojis, with the addition of a blue heart emoji either said. "Looks good I think!" they continue, adding on a suggestive eyes emoji at the end. Blue is quite obviously the main colour used in PlayStation's branding, with black, white, and green being the main colours used in Xbox's branding, so it seems pretty clear what Bucky is suggesting here.
