While Palworld’s popularity has taken a noticeable dip from its record-breaking numbers at launch in January, it has managed to maintain a steady player base six months later.
These numbers recently received a boost following the June update, which added a new island, new Pals, a raised level cap, and dedicated Xbox servers. At time of writing it’s ranked 15th on the most played games on Steam, which is the highest it’s been in several weeks.
Whether the game has already peaked is unclear, but it seems Palworld is hoping to channel Pokémon once again, as it pushes to expand its reach beyond the gaming world.
On Twitter, Pocketpair announced a partnership with Sony Music Entertainment Japan and anime production company Aniplex to establish new company Palworld Entertainment, which is described as being ‘responsible for the licensing business of Palworld’.
As outlined on the company’s website, Palworld Entertainment has been created for the ‘goal of accelerating the multifaceted world improvement of Palworld and its additional enlargement’.
A notice on the web site, nonetheless, mentions that this three way partnership doesn’t embrace the sport licence – so it seems like that is primarily for different Palworld tasks in different mediums, with the inclusion of Aniplex (additionally owned by Sony) suggesting some form of anime adaptation.
Along with this new firm, Pocketpair introduced Palworld merchandise will quickly be accessible on the Aniplex web site, though no merchandise have been revealed but.
While Sony Music Entertainment Japan is a separate department from PlayStation, this collaboration makes a PlayStation 5 model appear much more inevitable – because it’s arduous to think about these talks have occurred with out some form of deal for a PlayStation 5 port.
In reality, it’s unusual that it hasn’t been confirmed already, no matter this new annoucement.
Pocketpair beforehand mentioned it was ‘in talks’ to deliver Palworld to extra platforms past PC and Xbox, however nothing has ever been confirmed. Just don’t maintain your breath for a Switch port, until The Pokémon Company has relaxed its angle after threatening to take authorized motion.
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