Pocketpair has teased the discharge of Palworld’s first raid, referred to as Bellanoir.
“A strong evil Pal has appeared and is laying siege to the Palpagos Islands!” Pocketpair tweeted alongside a video, under. “Solely essentially the most expert Pal Tamers stand an opportunity towards her…”
Bellanoir is the truth is the title of this new Pal and raid battle, however that’s just about all we all know for now, save the Pal’s design as revealed within the video.
Pocketpair’s focus up up to now has been to concern fixes and steadiness updates to its monster hit survival and crafting sport, so the discharge of Bellanoir marks the primary vital gameplay addition since launch. There’s no phrase but on enhancements to the Xbox model, which nonetheless lags behind the Steam model when it comes to performance and options.
Elsewhere, Palworld group chief Bucky teased one other addition coming within the replace: touchups to base administration.
A bit of sneak peek at one other addition within the upcoming Palworld replace…
Apart from taking over the highly effective Bellanoir, some touchups to your base administration! 🙂
…and extra 👀 pic.twitter.com/kJdXU1FoI8
— Bucky | Palworld & Craftopia (@Bucky_cm) March 15, 2024
This week, Pocketpair boss Takuro Mizobe stated the corporate can’t deal with the huge income the sport has generated. Palworld launched in January and in a single day turned one of many largest video games on the earth, setting information not solely on Steam however on Xbox Recreation Cross, the place it’s the largest third-party sport launch ever.
Up to now, the $30 ‘Pokémon with weapons’ sport has seen an unbelievable 25 million gamers, with 15 million copies offered on Steam and 10 million gamers on Xbox.
Whereas Palworld is without doubt one of the largest sport launches ever, it’s additionally one of the controversial. Pocketpair has stated its employees has obtained demise threats amid Pokémon “rip-off” claims, which it has denied. Quickly after launch, Nintendo moved rapidly to take away an attention-grabbing Pokémon mod, then The Pokemon Firm issued an announcement, saying: “We intend to research and take acceptable measures to handle any acts that infringe on mental property rights associated to Pokémon.” IGN requested attorneys whether or not Nintendo might efficiently sue.
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