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Palworld<\/strong> was released during the wee hours today, and within eight hours, it was purchased over one million times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The game went live on Steam<\/a> this morning at 3am ET, and players jumped in immediately. As of press time, there are 344,662 concurrent players, with the high today (so far) reaching 370,128. With so many folks hopping online to play the Early Access game, it’s no wonder the servers smoked a bit.<\/p>\n

According to the game’s developer, Pocketpair, due to the large number of concurrent players, the servers became unstable<\/a>, causing some players to experience connection issues. Hopefully, these issues were sorted, but it’s something to keep in mind should more people log in once the workday ends.<\/p>\n

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Palworld was released during the wee hours today, and within eight hours, it was purchased over one million times. The game went live on Steam this morning at 3am ET, and players jumped in immediately. As of press time, there are 344,662 concurrent players, with the high today (so far) reaching 370,128. With so many folks hopping online to play the Early Access game, it’s no wonder the servers smoked a bit. According to the game’s developer, Pocketpair, due to the large number of concurrent players, the servers became unstable, causing some players to experience connection issues. Hopefully, these issues were sorted, but it’s something to keep in mind should more people log in once the workday ends. 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