Palworld’s First Raid, Bellanoir, Coming Quickly

Pocketpair has teased the discharge of Palworld’s first raid, known as Bellanoir.

“A robust evil Pal has appeared and is laying siege to the Palpagos Islands!” Pocketpair tweeted alongside a video, beneath. “Solely essentially the most expert Pal Tamers stand an opportunity in opposition to her…”

Bellanoir is in reality the identify of this new Pal and raid battle, however that’s just about all we all know for now, save the Pal’s design as revealed within the video.

Pocketpair’s focus up up to now has been to problem fixes and stability updates to its monster hit survival and crafting sport, so the discharge of Bellanoir marks the primary vital gameplay addition since launch. There’s no phrase but on enhancements to the Xbox model, which nonetheless lags behind the Steam model by way of performance and options.

Elsewhere, Palworld group chief Bucky teased one other addition coming within the replace: touchups to base administration.

Slightly sneak peek at one other addition within the upcoming Palworld replace…

Moreover taking up the highly effective Bellanoir, some touchups to your base administration! ?

…and extra ? pic.twitter.com/kJdXU1FoI8— Bucky | Palworld & Craftopia (@Bucky_cm) March 15, 2024

This week, Pocketpair boss Takuro Mizobe stated the corporate can’t deal with the large earnings the sport has generated. Palworld launched in January and in a single day turned one of many largest video games on the planet, setting data not solely on Steam however on Xbox Sport Go, the place it’s the largest third-party sport launch ever.

Thus far, the $30 ‘Pokémon with weapons’ sport has seen an unimaginable 25 million gamers, with 15 million copies bought on Steam and 10 million gamers on Xbox.

Whereas Palworld is without doubt one of the largest sport launches ever, it’s additionally probably the most controversial. Pocketpair has stated its workers has acquired dying threats amid Pokémon “rip-off” claims, which it has denied. Quickly after launch, Nintendo moved shortly to take away an eye catching Pokémon mod, then The Pokemon Firm issued a press release, saying: “We intend to analyze and take applicable measures to handle any acts that infringe on mental property rights associated to Pokémon.” IGN requested attorneys whether or not Nintendo may efficiently sue.

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