Big Palworld Updates Planned for This Summer

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The creators of one of 2024's biggest games, Palworld, have shared a promising update on the future of the viral hit. Fans are likely to be excited at the prospects of the content roadmap teased for Palworld by developer Pocketpair.

Palworld launched in early access on Steam, Xbox Game Pass, Xbox One and Xbox Series consoles back in January 2024 and quickly rose to internet-wide fame. It garnered a record-breaking concurrent player count of 2.1 million on Steam and sold 15 million copies on Valve's storefront, in addition to gaining 10 million players on Xbox. While Palworld's release was full of controversy, the survival game, jokingly dubbed "Pokémon with guns" by the gaming community, became one of the biggest indie hits in recent memory. Though the player count has considerably declined since Palworld's explosive launch, the updates teased by Pocketpair are sure to bring players back to the game, if done successfully.

Near the end of the patch notes on Update v0.2.0.6 for Palworld, Pocketpair expresses its intent to release «a larger, more content-packed update for summer 2024.» A number of new features are going to be added in this major update, including new Pals, bosses, buildings, and weapons. Pocketpair even plans to add a whole new island to the game later this summer, one that will be filled to the brim with «never-before scenery.» All of this will be added in addition to the minor bug fixing, quality-of-life, and raid boss updates that are regularly released for the game.

This will be the first big content update for Palworld since its early access debut. Recent updates added some new items like Ability Glasses to the game, while others improved technical difficulties on the multiplayer server front. Even with the limited amount of brand-new content added to the game since launch, Palworld players have continued finding new ways to have fun with the smash hit. One fan on Reddit, for instance, used the game's building mechanics to create a surprisingly