Except you’ve gotten been residing beneath 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 related 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 title, it’s apparent who they’re speaking about.
We have now obtained many inquiries concerning one other firm’s recreation launched in January 2024. We have now not granted any permission for using Pokémon mental property or property in that recreation. We intend to research and take acceptable measures to deal with any acts that infringe on mental property rights associated to the Pokémon. We’ll proceed to cherish and nurture each Pokémon and its world, and work to convey the world collectively via Pokémon sooner or later.
We’re unsure if the assertion is chatting with the bottom recreation itself, or modders who’ve put precise Pokémon into the sport as nicely. This received’t be over anytime quickly, any investigation will take a while – in the meantime the sport will proceed to promote.
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