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After years of Nintendo lawsuits and many millions of sales, Pokémon baiter Palworld is out in 1.0 today

Rock Paper Shotgun / 10 July 2026 / 4h ago

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Creature-catching game Palworld - the cheerfully macabre survival game that came out of nowhere in 2024 and has sold 40 million copies despite being roundly berated and, indeed, taken to court by Uncle Nintendo for riffing rather flagrantly on Pokémon - launches out of early access today. It's been a journey! Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the industrial exploitation of Kingpac

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After years of Nintendo lawsuits and many millions of sales, Pokémon baiter Palworld is out in 1.0 today

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