Pokemon Company to Investigate Palworld for Potential IP Infringements

It’s been lower than every week since Palworld‘s early entry launch on Steam and Xbox Recreation Go, and it’s already offered tens of millions of copies. Not solely that, it’s additionally surpassed two million concurrent gamers, which isn’t any small feat.

Palworld has additionally been the middle of controversy, being billed as “Pokemon with weapons”. It’s additionally caught the eye of some AAA builders, and gamers questioning if Nintendo or the Pokemon Firm have something to say about it. Nicely, seems they do.

The Pokemon Firm has simply put out an announcement on their web site. Whereas they haven’t explicitly named Palworld, they’ve made it clear that they haven’t granted any permission for the usage of their IP, and shall be investigating accordingly. Right here’s the total assertion:

“We have now obtained many inquiries concerning one other firm’s sport launched in January 2024. We have now not granted any permission for the usage of Pokémon mental property or property in that sport. We intend to research and take applicable measures to deal with any acts that infringe on mental property rights associated to the Pokémon. We’ll proceed to cherish and nurture every Pokémon and its world, and work to carry the world collectively by way of Pokémon sooner or later.”

The Pokemon Company

Even earlier than Palworld’s launch, there was already chatter about among the extra doubtful creature designs. There are just a few Friends that bear striking resemblances to existing Pokemon, to the purpose the place you might even get confused between the video games. It’s exhausting to say whether or not Pocketpair and Palworld will get into any authorized bother over this, however we’ll preserve you up to date as extra data comes our method.

Palworld is now accessible on PC by way of Steam and Xbox Recreation Go.