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There have been murmurings for some time that Pocketpair was planning to bring , one of the biggest games of the year, to PlayStation 5. However, it was a bit of a surprise to find out during stream that the action-adventure game is available for the console today.
Palworld (which is often described as "Pokémon with guns") landed on Xbox and PC in Early Access and was an immediate hit, selling . Within a month, it had reached more than 25 million players. According to Microsoft, it had the .
However, it quickly emerged that The Pokémon Company was . Fast forward eight months, and the company and Nintendo .
"This lawsuit seeks an injunction against infringement and compensation for damages on the grounds that Palworld, a game developed and released by the Defendant, infringes multiple patent rights," Nintendo said after filing the suit last week. Pocketpair's CEO said the game "cleared legal reviews" and the studio said it would "begin the appropriate legal proceedings and investigations into the claims of patent infringement."
So it's not exactly ideal timing for Palworld to land on PS5. But hey, if you're willing to buy a game that could potentially be forced to shut down in a few months or years due to a lawsuit, you can now do that on your PlayStation.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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Palworld (which is often described as "Pokémon with guns") landed on Xbox and PC in Early Access and was an immediate hit, selling . Within a month, it had reached more than 25 million players. According to Microsoft, it had the .
However, it quickly emerged that The Pokémon Company was . Fast forward eight months, and the company and Nintendo .
"This lawsuit seeks an injunction against infringement and compensation for damages on the grounds that Palworld, a game developed and released by the Defendant, infringes multiple patent rights," Nintendo said after filing the suit last week. Pocketpair's CEO said the game "cleared legal reviews" and the studio said it would "begin the appropriate legal proceedings and investigations into the claims of patent infringement."
So it's not exactly ideal timing for Palworld to land on PS5. But hey, if you're willing to buy a game that could potentially be forced to shut down in a few months or years due to a lawsuit, you can now do that on your PlayStation.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at
Console Bang News!