If you follow video game news, you’ve surely heard of Palworld, the trendy survival game from Japanese studio Pocket Pair. Title mistakenly nicknamed “”Armed Pokémon“ is currently enjoying huge success on Steam and Xbox since its launch into early access in early January 2024. Quite simply, the game exceeded expectations. 5 million copies soldIt’s off to a better start than Elden Ring or Cyberpunk 2077.
The game is also at the center of a major controversy, particularly due to strong suspicions of plagiarism of Nintendo’s flagship license, Pokémon. Just a few days ago the Japanese manufacturer and The Pokemon Company announced Investigating Palworld for potential intellectual property infringement. Therefore, Palwolrd’s career may soon end depending on the results of the investigation launched by BigN.
Only as stated by Pocket Pair studio on site X (Twitter), No mobile version of Palworld is currently in development. “There is no Palworld app for smartphones. Apps that use product names and images such as “パルワールド” and “Palworld” appear on the App Store and Google Play, but they are in no way affiliated with our app. Company“, warns the studio on the social network.
The structure claims to have forwarded the issue to Apple and Google. the two giants quickly remove these fake copies from their respective app stores. “Please note that downloading these applications may lead to fraud or leakage of personal information stored on your smartphone.” Adds Pocket Pair.
