Palworld’s new island will be its ‘largest’ and ‘harshest’

Pocketpair isn’t letting a major lawsuit slow it down. The developer has announced that its Pokémon-like hit Palworld is getting a big update in December, which will add a new island to the game. It’s described as the “largest, harshest, and most mysterious” location in the game, measuring around six times the size of Sakurajima, an island that was added in a summer update.

Aside from the new location, there aren’t many other details about the forthcoming update. But the announcement comes amid a surge in news for the game, which became a viral sensation at the beginning of 2024. In 2025, Palworld will be getting some kind of crossover with the survival crafting game Terraria, and a mobile version is also in the works, helmed by PUBG developer Krafton.

The news comes as Pocketpair in in the midst of a legal tussle with Nintendo. In September, Nintendo, along with The Pokémon Company, filed a lawsuit against Pocketpair, which alleged that Palworld “infringes multiple patent rights.” This caused the PS5 port of Palworld to be indefinitely delayed in Japan, and earlier this month Pocketpair outlined the specific patents at the center of the lawsuit, which appear to cover Pokémon-like actions like tossing a ball at characters in a field.