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Despite facing a patent infringement lawsuit<\/a> in Japan from Nintendo and The Pok\u00e9mon Company, indie developer Pocketpair is pushing ahead with capitalizing on the runaway success of its creature-collecting survival game Palworld<\/a><\/em>. After surprise-launching the game on PlayStation 5 in September (everywhere but Japan<\/a>), Pocketpair has entered into an agreement with Korean publisher Krafton to develop a mobile version.<\/p>\n

Krafton announced the deal<\/a> on Wednesday, and said the new mobile version would be developed by PUBG Studios, the studio behind battle royale smash PlayerUnknown\u2019s Battlegrounds<\/em>. Krafton didn\u2019t specify whether Palworld <\/em>on mobile would be a straight port of the PC and console game or something different, but its statement said (via machine translation) that it \u201cplans to faithfully reinterpret and implement the original\u2019s main fun elements to fit the mobile environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Krafton\u2019s PUBG Mobile<\/em> is a pretty close match for the original PUBG<\/em>, although it pioneered the free-to-play business model that has now been retrofitted to the PC and console game. That seems a likely outcome for the mobile version of Palworld <\/em>(which is a paid early access game on console and PC), too. Palworld<\/em>\u2019s biggest audience is in China<\/a>, where free-to-play mobile gaming reigns supreme.<\/p>\n

Nintendo is yet to expand its legal challenge to Palworld<\/em> outside of the Japanese market. Its case hinges on a series of patent applications for gameplay mechanics<\/a> in Pok\u00e9mon games.<\/p>\n

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Despite facing a patent infringement lawsuit in Japan from Nintendo and The Pok\u00e9mon Company, indie developer Pocketpair is pushing ahead with capitalizing on the runaway success of its creature-collecting survival game Palworld. After surprise-launching the game on PlayStation 5 in September (everywhere but Japan), Pocketpair has entered into an agreement with Korean publisher Krafton to develop a mobile version. Krafton announced the deal on Wednesday, and said the new mobile version would be developed by PUBG Studios, the studio behind battle royale smash PlayerUnknown\u2019s Battlegrounds. Krafton didn\u2019t specify whether Palworld on mobile would be a straight port of the PC and console game or something different, but its statement said (via machine translation) that it \u201cplans to faithfully reinterpret and implement the original\u2019s main fun elements…<\/p>\n

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