Palworld studio's first move as a publisher is to save a struggling indie dev: 'This is the energy I want to see driving games in 2025'
Pocketpair, the developers behind Palworld, has announced its first project as a publisher—a 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.
«We noticed a pattern in the entertainment industry, and Pocketpair has given us the opportunity to make a horror game about it,» Surgent Studios CEO Abubakar Salim says in a press release. «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.»
This upcoming horror game won't be in any way related to Surgent Studio's previous game, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, but that doesn't mean the studio has left that universe behind entirely. «We’re 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’ve come from and where we’re going,» Salim continues.
We're pleased to announce that our first project as Pocketpair Publishing will be supporting a brand new horror game from @surgentstudios !Pocketpair Publishingの最初のプロジェクトとして、SURGENT STUDIOSの完全新作のサポートを開始しました。 SURGENT STUDIOS is a studio with an… pic.twitter.com/hqJcCbie3SJanuary 23, 2025
A horror game from Surgent Studios certainly does sound interesting. I had a lot of fun with Tales of Kenzera: Zau'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'm pretty excited about what this developer will do with a horror game.
«This is the energy I want to see driving games in 2025—developers lifting each other up, creating together, and pushing the industry forward,» Salim says. «Massive love to the Pocketpair team! It’s an incredible honor to be the first partnership announced withPocketpair Publishing. We’ve been cooking up something fun, and I can’t wait to share it with
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