Pocketpair has teased the discharge of Palworld’s first raid, known as Bellanoir.
“A robust evil Pal has appeared and is laying siege to the Palpagos Islands!” Pocketpair tweeted alongside a video, beneath. “Solely essentially the most expert Pal Tamers stand an opportunity towards her…”
Bellanoir is actually the identify 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 so far has been to problem fixes and steadiness updates to its monster hit survival and crafting recreation, 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 neighborhood 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…
Moreover 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 grew to become one of many greatest video games on the earth, setting data not solely on Steam however on Xbox Recreation Cross, the place it’s the greatest third-party recreation launch ever.
Up to now, the $30 ‘Pokémon with weapons’ recreation has seen an unimaginable 25 million gamers, with 15 million copies offered on Steam and 10 million gamers on Xbox.
Whereas Palworld is likely one of the greatest recreation launches ever, it’s additionally some of the controversial. Pocketpair has stated its employees has obtained dying 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 a press release, saying: “We intend to research and take acceptable measures to deal with any acts that infringe on mental property rights associated to Pokémon.” IGN requested legal professionals whether or not Nintendo may efficiently sue.
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