Palworld Adds Cross-Play and World Transfer in Late March

After more than a year of release, Palworld is officially adding cross platform play. The update is planned towards the end of March. This announcement was revealed on Steam on March 12, and will allow players on Steam, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and Mac to play together. 

In addition to cross-platform play, Palworld is allowing world transfer for Pals. This means players will be able to move their pals around from one world to another, a feature reminiscent of Pokemon’s Poke Bank. 

More details regarding the cross-platform play will be available once the patch is released – the exact release date for cross-platform play has not been confirmed.

During its initial release, many criticized Palworld for being too similar to Pokemon. The resemblance sparked legal action from Nintendo, who acquired a new patent with the goal of building a legal case against Palworld. As of February 19, Nintendo has not made strong headway in their legal ventures against Palworld – but the situation is still developing. 

Palworld is an open world survival crafting game that allegedly takes iconic elements from the Pokemon franchise and implements them in a faster pace environment. Tameable “pals” can be used as work slaves, forced to do nothing but work, eat and sleep until their physical or mental health shuts down. The title celebrated their 32 million players benchmark on February 16.