Palworld might be getting sued by Nintendo, but Pocketpair won't let that ruin Christmas – the developer just issued a gigantic update that largely tears the monster-hunter survival game away from Pokemon.
The Feybreak update acts like a mini earthquake for Palworld, shaking up and rearranging many of the early access game's most key features.
Along with introducing the new island Feybreak, the update alters how Pal Spheres work, which Pocketpair began differentiating from Pokeballs earlier this month, by adding "modules" that alter a Sphere's trajectory and, in turn, its capture success rate.
Among a host of other changes to weapons, skins, bug fixes, and more, the Feybreak update also notably adds Vicious Predator Pals that roam Palworld offering the opportunity for extreme battles, a Random Pal Mode for randomized spawns, and a Hardcore Mode that enables permadeath.
Generally, fans are reacting like they're all seeing snow for the first time. "This lawsuit hasn't stopped you, I see," one popular comment on the Feybreak update's YouTube trailer says. "Lesser studios would have crumpled in fear by now.