Following Palworld's breakout success, mega-publisher Tencent is reportedly trying to recreate the survival game's formula by blending pet companions with stylized violence
Tencent reportedly has developers competing against one another
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Two Tencent-owned studios are reportedly creating games to rival smash-hit survival game Palworld.
AsBloombergreports, citing several sources familiar with Tencent’s plans, the publisher is apparently attempting to chase Palworld’s success as its own ongoing games have reportedly faltered. To do this, Tencent has turned to Timi and Lightspeed studios, both of which are creating games designed to rival Palworld, which will specifically blend pets with stylized violence.
Pocketpair’s game might still be set to get even bigger in the near future.Palworld’s developer is having conversations about bringing the game to new platforms, outside of PC and Xbox Series X/S, and it’s not hard to imagine the survival game going on to even greater success if it’s able to leverage the PS5’s install base.
Somewhat amusingly, Tencent …