Palworld has exploded in popularity in the last week, breaking numerous records on Steam and becoming a prominent topic of discussion. This morning, the devs revealed a Palworld roadmap that details plans for PvP and additional end-game content down the road, as well as numerous major fixes.
The roadmap was revealed on Palworld’s Twitter/X account this morning:
[The Future of Palworld]
We would like to share with you our roadmap for Palworld.
Sales have far exceeded the development team's expectations, and we are currently experiencing many problems due to excessive access congestion, among other challenges.
We will prioritize… pic.twitter.com/UKD2HFRaG4— Palworld (@Palworld_EN) January 24, 2024
While it doesn’t get too detailed, there are a number of enticing additions and fixes coming to Palworld, including the following:
Palworld Roadmap Details
Addressing Critical Issues
Currently, numerous bugs have been identified, and the team is prioritizing fixing those.
- Sometimes, the world date may experience rollbacks.
- The loading screen may persist when trying to load into worlds.
…and so on.
Improvements to Implement ASAP
- Key configuration improvements.
- Improvements to base Pal AI and pathing.
Planned Future Updates
- PvP
- Raid Bosses (End-Game Content)
- Pal Arena (PvP for Pals)
- Steam-Xbox Crossplay
- Various Xbox Feature Improvements
- Server Transfers and Migrations
- Improvements to the Building System
- New islands, Pals, Bosses, and Technologies.
Palworld continues to climb on the Steam charts. Just this morning, it surpassed the 2 million concurrent players milestone. It’s no surprise that the devs are looking to capitalize on their success before the hype burns out and player drop-off begins. In its current state, Palworld seems to have plenty of hours of content to indulge in, so they should be alright for now.
The entire internet is waiting to see if Nintendo sends their lawyers after Palworld due to some extreme similarities to their own Pokémon IP. Numerous users on Twitter have pointed out some near-identical similarities between Palworld and Pokémon’s creature models, though whether they’re comparable enough to warrant legal action remains to be seen. You can read about that here if you’re curious.
We’ll be sure to let our readers know as the above features are added to the game.
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This is the only time i’ve considered getting an Xbox, but am i gonna go purchase one just for Palworld. No, because PocketPair hasn’t specifically said it’ll be on PSN or not. They said they would consider a PS5 port, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they will or won’t it’s purely speculation based off a comment they made most likely to cover themselves either way.