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Palworld’s Brand New Trading Card Game Is Out Of Stock And Plagued By Scalpers

The creator has issued an apology, and is looking for methods to address the issue

By John Walker Published August 14, 2026

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Palworld Online MMO Announced, Releases In Less Than Four Months

The next entry in the Palworld universe is already set to release before the end of 2026

By Lewis Parker Published August 3, 2026

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Palworld Players Fight Massive End Game Boss And It Almost Goes Terribly

The Palworld 1.0 update has added a new boss named Kyogr–er, I mean, Panthalus–that some players are seemingly running into by mistake

By Lewis Parker Published July 23, 2026

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Palworld’s Massively Popular 1.0 Update Has Altered Several Designs To Make Them Less Pokémon-Like

Early access isn't the only thing that Palworld's is leaving behind in its 1.0 release, as several Pokémon-esque designs have been changed in the new update

By Lewis Parker Published July 11, 2026

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Voidling Bound Is The Game I Wanted Palworld To Be

Voidling Bound is less Pokémon with guns, and more Spore if it was a third-person shooter

By Lewis Parker Published June 17, 2026

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Nintendo’s Ongoing Pokémon Patent Lawsuit Takes Another Hit

The company is targeting games like Palworld through patents, and it’s not working out

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 18, 2026

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Nintendo Loses Yet Another Battle In Its Pokémon Patent Trolling

The U.S. Patent Office has rejected one of the vital patent claims in the company's fight against Palworld

By John Walker Published April 1, 2026

A Palworld character looks at the camera.

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Ex-Capcom Dev Has The Most Absurd Take On The Palworld v. Pokémon Battle

Yoshiki Okamoto says Palworld is so egregious, it 'transcends the boundaries of war'

By Claire Jackson Published October 2, 2025

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Nintendo’s New Pokémon Patents Threaten The Entire Monster-Taming Genre

The company’s attempts to undermine games like Palworld are bigger than one lawsuit

By Kenneth Shepard Published September 10, 2025

Palland appears to steal Palworld's vibe.

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Palworld Slop Arrives On Switch Despite Nintendo’s Ongoing Legal Battle With The Original

Palland is a clone of the survival crafting sim without the Poké Balls

By Ethan Gach Published August 12, 2025

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Palworld Devs Re-Reveal Degenerate High School Dating Sim That Might Actually Be Real This Time

2024 April Fools' joke Pal♡world! ~More Than Just Pals~ is back

By Ethan Gach Published March 31, 2025

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Pokémon Lawsuit Took Palworld Team By Surprise, Says Dev

Pocketpair hired extra security ahead of Tokyo Game Show as a precautionary measure

By Kenneth Shepard Published March 18, 2025

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Monster Hunter Wilds Explodes On Steam Despite Terrible User Reviews

The online action-RPG is breaking records and struggling on weaker gaming rigs

By Ethan Gach Published February 28, 2025

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The Nemesis System Was One Of The Best Things Gaming Ever Did, And WB Just Killed It

Warner Bros. is shutting down the team responsible for one of the most interesting narrative design mechanics in recent memory

By Kenneth Shepard Published February 25, 2025

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Ex-Amazon Gaming Exec Explains Why No One Has Beaten Steam

Valve's PC gaming storefront has only grown more dominant

By Ethan Gach Published February 21, 2025

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Everything We Saw At The 2024 Game Awards

Here are all the World Premieres of upcoming games revealed at this year's award ceremony

By Kenneth Shepard Published December 12, 2024

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This Wild Copy Of Horizon Zero Dawn Is Just Begging For Sony To Sue

Tencent's Light of Motiram is unashamedly using Horizon 's aesthetic for yet another tree-punching survival sim

By John Walker Published November 28, 2024

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Palworld Developer Reveals The Pokémon Patents Nintendo Claims It’s Violating

The studio also names the weirdly small damages Nintendo is seeking

By John Walker Published November 8, 2024

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Palworld Out Now On PS5 Days After The ‘Pokémon With Guns’ Survival Game Gets Sued By Nintendo

The hit creature collecting sim is now on every console but Switch, except in Japan

By Ethan Gach Published September 24, 2024

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Alleged Images Of The Switch 2 Appear Online, Nintendo Sues Palworld, And More Of The Week’s Top Stories

Also, we've got our first few details on the next Battlefield sequel

Kotaku Staff Published September 21, 2024