Palworld, one of the most popular survival game games that earned the nickname “Pokémon with Guns,” is expected to receive critical fixes and additions this year. The game is still under development. It is said to be the biggest release of the year, with over 7 million copies sold in 5 days.
Pocketpair Developers has shared the roadmap for what’s coming to Palworld this year, which is a quality-of-life change like Xbox and Steam crossplay, New Pals, and other features that are expected down the line, too. As the game is in early access, it technically means they are playing an unfinished version of the game, which is constantly being polished behind the scenes. During the beta testing, they received a lot of feedback and data from a large player base while also keeping funding by selling the game ahead of its complete release. Reportedly, the game will be made available as a final release in 2025.
What are the new features coming to Palworld 2024?
The sales for Palworld exceeded the development team’s expectations. Despite the great sales, some new problems have popped up. Developers will first address the “numerous bugs,” and there are other vague changes planned, like key configuration improvements and improvements to base Pal AI and pathing.
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Three new features are said to bring Players Vs Player (PVP) functionality: multiplayer TDM, meaning players can fight each other; and PVPV for Pokemon-like creatures themselves.
- PvP
- Raid bosses (End-Game Content).
- Pal Arena (PvP for Pals)
- Steam-Xbox Crossplay and Savings Feature
- Various Xbox feature improvements
- Server transfers and migrations
- Improvements to the building system
- Trading pals
- New expansion and building updates
- New islands, pals, bosses, and technologies
Further, there will be new pals, bosses, a new island, and technologies.
The game is also going to have cross-play and transfer features across Steam and Xbox, as well as a new in-game feature. Not to mention, the developer will be focusing on fixing the critical issues, optimising the game for better performance, and also dealing with cheaters within the game.
Quick communications and fixes look a good sign for the health of this early access title.
Despite all the commitment, Pocketpair hasn’t outlined a timeline for these adjustments, but, likely, they’re currently working on major bug fixes as the game is still in early access, so there should be a lot to tweak.
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Palworld Critical Issues
The developer’s priority is to deal with some critical issues concerning “excessive access congestion,” as it is impacting the player base and the population. The critical issue includes the loading screen continuing to display with reading incorrectly and the issue even after loading was complete.
One of the major reasons is that developers have taken action against cheating players. This includes the Pal AI update, which is expected to be rolled out as soon as possible. Most of the things that developers have listed are categorised as planned future updates and will be communicated with even more details as soon as they are made available to users.
Also, the developer will be fixing the world date, which sometimes rollbacks, and some other improvements.
Palworld Mod Support Extended
Developers have previously confirmed they will be applying the mods to the game; already, there are several unofficial mods available, like the mods to play Palworld in VR. But there will be more, which will incorporate official mod support via the Steam Workshop.
Palworld official release date
The game was made available for early access on January 19, 2024, for $29.99. Yes, there is a fair bit of waiting time for the release of the game. Next year, probably, the game is going to be officially released, but it was expected that the pricing for the game would go higher. Despite the game being one of the biggest games launched this year, it has already been surrounded by some controversy, with some saying the game is a rip-off of Pokemon, and Nintendo has already started investing.
Depending on the progress of development, PocketPair may consider extending the early access; release could take at least one year more. Recently, more than 50,000 reports and crashes were reported, it seems the development team is aware of the issue. Some of the common issues are being unable to enter servers, being unable to play multiplayer, losing saved data, and such, which are basic, so yeah, there is a lot to consider in terms of the player base.
Conclusion
That’s everything you need to know about the Palworld 2024 roadmap. Given Palworld’s Early Access, the development team has been incredibly forthcoming about its plans for the game in the future. With the outline, we know most of the time that things are currently fixed and optimised for better performance instead of adding new features, but eventually, those will come.
Palworld has big plans, which have sold for better than it was even imagined. Without so much work being done, you may need to explore what’s scheduled as part of the game’s roadmap, as there is plenty of new content along the way, including Player Versus Player Mod, Steam, Xbox Crossplay, and even New Zealand to explore. Time will tell precisely what PocketPair has up its sleeves with all the new content for now; that’s what we have seen in the X Post embedded above.
