Palworld, the viral phenomenon that captivated players with its monster-catching mechanics, has experienced a significant resurgence in popularity thanks to its latest update, 'Feybreak'. The update, showcased at The Game Awards, features a massive new island, numerous new Pals, gameplay additions, and even a hardcore mode with permadeath.
Palworld ’s back? Palworld ’s back. The viral phenomenon still has the honor of being the third most-concurrently played game in Steam history with 2.1 million players at launch. But since then, even after an inevitable drop, it has maintained a solid playerbase for something that is not technically a “live” game. This weekend, its playercount has spiked by almost 800% from its lows the last few months, and this is in fact the most players it has had since its launch window in March 2024.
The reason being is a new update that Palworld introduced, Feybreak, that Pocketpair showed off at The Game Awards, the highest-profile game showcase there is these days. It launched just before Christmas, but here on the first weekend after the holiday, Feybreak is in fact the largest update we’ve seen from the game, with a new island six times the size of its last added island, plus new Pals, buildings, gear, abilities, boss fights and so on. There are 23 new Pals overall, if you’re wanting to add to your collection. There are Predator Pals roaming the landscape, a randomized Pal mode for new spawns and a hardcore mode with permadeath for the first time. Palworld was recently hit by a seemingly rather strange lawsuit by Nintendo claiming patent infringement, namely about catching monsters in the wild with thrown balls. As such, Palworld has made changes to apparently remove itself from these patents, altering Pal Spheres with “modules” for modified catching that apparently is something Nintendo does not own. We’ll see if that settles things. Palworld has been emphatic that it is not a live service, but some consider live games to be “any game that keeps making major updates.” Here, however, for Palworld that is mainly contained to significant expansions, where this is the second, and largest one, that the game has gotten since launc
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