Except you might have been residing below a rock for the final week, you’ll have heard of the sport Palworld. It’s moved over 8 million copies on Steam in simply 6 days, a powerful determine. It’s additionally had allegations of plagiarism and IP theft levelled in opposition to it, a good quantity of the monsters within the recreation very comparable to different Pokémon.
It so shut that even The Pokémon Firm has now made a press release, and though they don’t point out Palworld by identify, it’s apparent who they’re speaking about.
Now we have acquired many inquiries relating to one other firm’s recreation launched in January 2024. Now we have not granted any permission for using Pokémon mental property or property in that recreation. We intend to analyze and take acceptable measures to handle any acts that infringe on mental property rights associated to the Pokémon. We’ll proceed to cherish and nurture every Pokémon and its world, and work to carry the world collectively by way of Pokémon sooner or later.
We’re undecided if the assertion is talking to the bottom recreation itself, or modders who’ve put precise Pokémon into the sport as effectively. This gained’t be over anytime quickly, any investigation will take a while – in the meantime the sport will proceed to promote.