{"id":1106358,"date":"2026-01-28T02:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T02:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/CvagmbhQ2MLGAQxKpTbs9B"},"modified":"2026-01-28T02:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T02:18:11","slug":"palworld-studios-first-move-as-a-publisher-is-to-save-a-struggling-indie-dev-this-is-the-energy-i-want-to-see-driving-games-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/palworld-studios-first-move-as-a-publisher-is-to-save-a-struggling-indie-dev-this-is-the-energy-i-want-to-see-driving-games-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Palworld studio&#8217;s first move as a publisher is to save a struggling indie dev: &#8216;This is the energy I want to see driving games in 2025&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Pocketpair, the developers behind <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/palworld\/\" target=\"_blank\">Palworld<\/a>, has announced its first project as a publisher\u2014a new horror game alongside Surgent Studios. This comes a few months after the studio responsible for <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/tales-of-kenzera-zau-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tales of Kenzera: Zau<\/a> <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/6-months-after-release-the-studio-behind-tales-of-kenzera-has-put-its-team-on-notice-for-redundancy-as-it-scrambles-to-find-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\">put its team on notice for redundancy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We noticed a pattern in the entertainment industry, and Pocketpair has given us the opportunity to make a horror game about it,&#8221; Surgent Studios CEO Abubakar Salim says in a press release. &#8220;Both Surgent and Pocketpair are well-versed in taking risks. This game will be short and weird, and we think players will be interested in what we have to say.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This upcoming horror game won&#8217;t be in any way related to Surgent Studio&#8217;s previous game, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, but that doesn&#8217;t mean the studio has left that universe behind entirely. &#8220;We\u2019re still in earnest conversation about further projects set in the Tales of Kenzera universe, but this will be a standalone piece: A mile marker between where we\u2019ve come from and where we\u2019re going,&#8221; Salim continues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;re pleased to announce that our first project as Pocketpair Publishing will be supporting a brand new horror game from @surgentstudios !Pocketpair Publishing\u306e\u6700\u521d\u306e\u30d7\u30ed\u30b8\u30a7\u30af\u30c8\u3068\u3057\u3066\u3001SURGENT STUDIOS\u306e\u5b8c\u5168\u65b0\u4f5c\u306e\u30b5\u30dd\u30fc\u30c8\u3092\u958b\u59cb\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002 SURGENT STUDIOS is a studio with an\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/hqJcCbie3S<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1882352824731980211\">January 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A horror game from Surgent Studios certainly does sound interesting. I had a lot of fun with Tales of Kenzera: Zau&#8217;s platforming, fights, and cool abilities, and despite not making it to the top of my list, it was one of the games that really stuck out to me last year. So, I&#8217;m pretty excited about what this developer will do with a horror game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the energy I want to see driving games in 2025\u2014developers lifting each other up, creating together, and pushing the industry forward,&#8221; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Abzybabzy\/status\/1882353922582450360\" target=\"_blank\">Salim says<\/a>. &#8220;Massive love to the Pocketpair team! It\u2019s an incredible honor to be the first partnership announced with<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PocketpairPBLSH\" target=\"_blank\"> Pocketpair<\/a> Publishing. We\u2019ve been cooking up something fun, and I can\u2019t wait to share it with you all. Stay tuned!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, this new concept is different from the previous Project Uso pitch that Salim mentioned at the end of last year. Salim described Project Uso as a singleplayer isometric, Afro-gothic action RPG: &#8220;We still have so much more to say and so much more to build on,&#8221; Salim says in an interview with <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/tales-of-kenzera-zau-creator-says-its-time-for-aaa-studios-to-move-away-from-safe-bets\" target=\"_blank\">IGN<\/a>. &#8220;And the audiences that we&#8217;ve already started to build as well, and the players and the people who want to champion us, they want to hear more\u2026We are ready. We&#8217;re so ready. It is just about taking that leap of faith with us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:3840px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"2Dt9RtV79JWCyE7MWzmqML\" name=\"Water Flowing.jpg\" alt=\"Two big water wheels\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/palworld-studios-first-move-as-a-publisher-is-to-save-a-struggling-indie-dev-this-is-the-energy-i-want-to-see-driving-games-in-2025.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2160\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: EA)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Regardless of what the project is, it&#8217;s great to see Surgent Studios back on its feet after a rough few months at the end of last year. Before it had to put its team on notice for redundancy while the studio scrambled to find a new publisher and source of funding, it <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/just-3-months-after-launching-tales-of-kenzera-zau-developer-surgent-studios-lays-off-just-over-a-dozen-employees\/\" target=\"_blank\">laid off &#8220;just over a dozen&#8221; employees<\/a>. It seems like Pocketpair saw the potential that this developer has and wanted to help get its projects back on track.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Game development comes with many challenges, but we want to ease that process as much as possible and provide an environment where creators can pursue their dreams,&#8221; the head of Pocketpair Publishing, John Buckley, says in a press release. &#8220;We are pleased to be able to support Surgent Studios\u2019 new title as our first step. We deeply sympathize with its original ideas and passion and are honoured to help them realize their vision. We will respect the autonomy and vision of developers and work together to make great games for people all over the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s great to see Pocketpair expand its horizons and help other indie studios along the way, it still has to deal with The Pok\u00e9mon Company and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/survival-crafting\/a-videogame-patent-lawyer-breaks-down-nintendos-risky-palworld-lawsuit-it-definitely-feels-like-a-punishment\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo&#8217;s patent infringement lawsuit<\/a>. Pocketpair <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/survival-crafting\/it-is-truly-unfortunate-palworld-responds-to-nintendos-lawsuit-while-also-continuing-to-strive-to-create-a-game-that-our-fans-can-be-proud-of\/\" target=\"_blank\">confirmed that it had received notice of this lawsuit<\/a>, and despite not getting any specific details about what patents it was infringing upon, the studio said that it is working hard to ensure this doesn&#8217;t affect new projects or maintenance on games like Palworld.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/game-development\/palworld-studios-first-move-as-a-publisher-is-to-save-a-struggling-indie-dev-this-is-the-energy-i-want-to-see-driving-games-in-2025\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pocketpair, the developers behind Palworld, has announced its first project as a publisher\u2014a new horror game alongside Surgent Studios. This comes a few months after the studio responsible for Tales of Kenzera: Zau put its team on notice for redundancy. &#8220;We noticed a pattern in the entertainment industry, and Pocketpair has given us the opportunity to make a horror game about it,&#8221; Surgent Studios CEO Abubakar Salim says in a press release. &#8220;Both Surgent and Pocketpair are well-versed in taking risks. This game will be short and weird, and we think players will be interested in what we have to say.&#8221; This upcoming horror game won&#8217;t be in any way related to Surgent Studio&#8217;s previous game, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, but that doesn&#8217;t mean the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/palworld-studios-first-move-as-a-publisher-is-to-save-a-struggling-indie-dev-this-is-the-energy-i-want-to-see-driving-games-in-2025\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1106359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[4145,5491],"class_list":["post-1106358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-game-development","tag-gaming-industry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Palworld studio&#039;s first move as a publisher is to save a struggling indie dev: &#039;This is the energy I want to see driving games in 2025&#039; | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pocketpair, the developers behind Palworld, has announced its first project as a publisher\u2014a new horror game alongside Surgent Studios. 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