After some confusion about the latest Palworld mobile game announcement, Pocketpair's head of publishing and communications John "Bucky" Buckley has tried to clear things up.
It's been a pretty huge few weeks for Palworld, between the launch of the game's 1.0 version which drew in a massive amount of concurrent players, the launch of the Palworld card game after being announced earlier this year, and now the announcement of Palworld Online, which is a mobile-only MMORPG spin-off of the game.
Those, on top of already existing projects like Pocketpair Publishing, Palfarm, and More Than Just Pals, mean that the developers behind the franchise have been pretty busy, but Bucky wants to clear up its not just Pocketpair.
Over on Twitter, Bucky says: "I appreciate all the messages, emails, DMs, etc about things like Palworld OCG, and I'm so happy that you guys like the stuff we're doing with Palworld. That said, a lot of these things are actually not made by us, so I can't really help with your questions much!"
My MS Paint explanation of Pocketpair, v2! I appreciate all the messages, emails, DMs, etc about things like Palworld OCG, and I'm so happy that you guys like the stuff we're doing with Palworld. That said, a lot of these things are actually not made by us, so I can't really… pic.twitter.com/OrgMUxs3kbAugust 3, 2026
He then provides a MS Paint explainer of what Pocketpair does and doesn't do with the franchise. For example, the studio develops Palworld, Craftopia, Palfarm, and More Than Just Pals, and is involved in running Pocketpair Publishing. Meanwhile the company licensed out the IP to create Palworld OCG, Krafton for Palworld Mobile, and Garena for Palworld Online.
Even with this many cooks in the kitchen, Bucky reminds that "we are STILL 100% self-owned and self-funded." So basically, if you have a problem with Palworld Mobile, the ball is in Krafton's court, not Bucky's Twitter.
