Palworld puts aside the Nintendo lawsuit and dev takes aim at 'the haters' as it announces a Terraria Collaboration and its largest island yet

Palworld was one of 2024's first and biggest surprises. It quickly became known as Pokemon, but it's more of a survival experience. The game's absurd sights were perfect for streaming. Since launch, developer Pocketpair continues to release new content.

Then, Pokemon turned on Palworld. Nintendo filed a lawsuit in September against the studio, claiming that it "infringed multiple patent rights", namely three that are related to creature catching mechanics and riding mechanics. The damages sought are minor, but the legal battle will cost millions and the game will be plagued by it for years if there is no settlement.

Why the doom-and-gloom? Pocketpair has responded to this by... doubling-down on new Palworld content. The studio announced that Palworld would receive a new Island in a December Update, which will be "the largest, hardest and most mysterious island yet", along with what appears to be new Pals and tower bosses. The announcement also states that the new island is "about six-times larger than Sakurajima", which was previously added to Palworld in June.

Pocketpair announced a surprise tie up with the hugely successful Terraria. There are no details yet, but there is a collaboration picture and the date "2025". Both teams of developers will probably be familiar with being accused of copying another game. I'm joking, of course. Funny enough, Pocketpair CM Bucky took the opportunity to poke fun at "haters" in the announcement:

Bucky wrote: "So many amazing remarks from our fans and Terraria's community." "Of Course, the haters crawled from the woodwork and regurgitated 10-month-old allegations." The emoji was a baby angel as if the butter would not melt.

Both games have different styles, and one is 2D, and the other 3D. I wouldn't expect more than a couple of guest characters, and maybe some half-inch mechanics. But who knows?

Palworld doesn't appear to have many haters, outside of Nintendo. It has now surpassed 10,000 Overwhelmingly positive reviews on Steam and is available at a 25% discount. One of the most recent examples suggests that Nintendo should "take notes, not sue."