PUBG developer is making Palworld mobile amidst Nintendo lawsuit

Palworld developer Pocketpair whitethorn beryllium facing a suit from Nintendo, but that’s not stopping it from pursuing a mobile mentation of the game. On Wednesday, Krafton — the steadfast down PUBG: Battlegrounds — announced that it acquired the licence for Palworld and volition optimize it for mobile gaming, as reported earlier by Polygon.

According to a translated mentation of the post, Krafton says it aims to “faithfully reinterpret” Palworld’s “main amusive elements to acceptable the mobile environment.” Krafton besides created a mobile mentation of PUBG successful 2018, and as The Verge pointed retired astatine the time, it turned retired amended than you mightiness think.

Dubbed “Pokémon with guns,” Palworld became an instant hit pursuing its merchandise connected PC and Xbox successful January, selling millions of copies arsenic players explored and caught creatures passim the sprawling Palpagos Islands. But past month, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company sued Pocketpair implicit accusations it violated aggregate patent rights.