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Krafton's PUBG Studios Agrees to Develop Palworld Mobile Game

South Korean game developer Krafton announced on Wednesday that it has signed a licensing agreement with Japanese game developer Pocketpair for the IP (intellectual property) of its Palworld game. Through the contract, Krafton will expand the game's IP to the mobile platform.

Krafton stated that it plans to adapt and implement the game's original elements to the mobile environment. Krafton's PUBG Studios will handle the project's development.

Krafton is the owner of PUBG Studios, the developers of the popular battle royale shooter PUBG: Battlegrounds, which Krafton also published. Krafton published The Callisto Protocol, which was originally intended to be a spinoff of PUBG: Battlegrounds. Krafton Microsoft, in August.

Pocketpair debuted its Palworld multiplayer survival game on January 19 as a Steam Early Access game. The game reached 25 million s within a month of its release.

The game except in Japan. The game's PlayStation 5 launch date in Japan is still to be determined.

Aniplex, along with Pocketpair, have established a new t venture named Palworld Entertainment.

responded by stating it is "unaware of the specific patents [it is] accused of infringing upon, and [it has] not been notified of such details." The company stated it will begin legal proceedings and investigations into the claims.

Players and critics initially noted the similarity of the designs of many of the game's "Pal" creatures to the statement shortly after Palworld's release that it was investigating a possible copyright infringement by an unnamed game company.

Source: Krafton via Gematsu, Gamebiz, Famitsu.com