AUSTIN WOOD × PALWORLD

Every piece Austin Wood has written about Palworld.

28 articles spanning Palworld's coverage, newest first.

TYPE
SORT
9 SEPT
1 piece
AW
GamesRadar+·9 Sept
Palworld lead worries Steam early access has "lost its meaning": players treat it like "a normal game" and the program has been "abused for a lot of reasons"
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4 SEPT
1 piece
AW
GamesRadar+·4 Sept
"Palworld's not finished": With update 1.1 coming, Pocketpair lead says "we're doing something players have been screaming at us to do" after the "soft prologue" of 1.0
news
29 AUG
1 piece
AW
GamesRadar+·29 Aug
People don't understand Steam player numbers, Palworld lead says: "Poor Marathon and stuff are getting dragged through the mud ... I'm sure our day's coming"
newsGamescom 2026
27 AUG
1 piece
AW
GamesRadar+·27 Aug
Pocketpair lead thought if Palworld 1.0 hit 200k concurrent players, "that'd be party time" – then it passed 900k on Steam alone
newsGamescom 2026
10 JUL
1 piece
AW
GamesRadar+·10 Jul
Palworld 1.0 redesigns multiple Pals and makes them look less like Pokemon
news
8 JUL
1 piece
AW
GamesRadar+·8 Jul
Palworld price won't increase as update 1.0 takes it out of early access, Pocketpair says it's "a small way of saying thank you" after unbelievable success
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17 JUN
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·17 Jun
"Gamers don't want it": Palworld lead says Pocketpair doesn't touch AI because players hate it and artists "like doing stuff themselves"
news
12 JUN
1 piece
AW
GamesRadar+·12 Jun
Nintendo Palworld lawsuit has "zero chance" at more than "chump change," expert says, but Pocketpair lead says it has "impacted morale" and development
news
22 MAR
1 piece
KS
GamesRadar+·22 Mar
Palworld publishing boss thinks "we're a few years away" from a AAA survival crafting game, and he was "super excited" for the one Blizzard canceled
news
21 MAR
1 piece
KS
GamesRadar+·21 Mar
"We have no desire to be a media empire," says Palworld publishing head, but Pocketpair would be stupid to let the survival game die out
news
19 MAR
1 piece
AB
GamesRadar+·19 Mar
"Apologies, Palworld gamers," but Pocketpair communications lead says an underwater level will never happen: "You're pushing the game to its absolute limits"
news
13 MAR
1 piece
SM
GamesRadar+·13 Mar
Pocketpair lead says "apologies to all the professional Palworld haters," but "it's not really our problem" – the studio is going to continue "doing what the players want"
news
11 MAR
1 piece
JG
GamesRadar+·11 Mar
Pocketpair publishing head reacts to Pokemon and Palworld ripoff Pickmon for the first time: "Someone is a fan of the genre, I guess"
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10 MAR
1 piece
AW
GamesRadar+·10 Mar
"I wouldn't rule out a Palworld 2.0," says Pocketpair publishing head, but don't expect a "No Man's Sky situation" with a "decade of continuous, massive updates"
news References sequel
20 JAN
1 piece
AW
GamesRadar+·20 Jan
Palworld dev "couldn't believe" the state of publisher deals in games and wanted to be "much fairer" with devs: "The price you have to pay is someone else taking all your money for years and years"
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20 OCT 2025
1 piece
AW
GamesRadar+·20 Oct 2025
Co-op survival game Necesse is like Terraria but top-down with an "infinite" world – it just left early access and flew up the Steam charts with Palworld's blessing: "Absolute banger"
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