Gaming’s first big surprise hit of 2024 arrived early with the release of Palworld. Described by some as “Pokémon with guns,” the game launched in early access on Steam and Xbox in January and sold millions of copies in a matter of days.

In reality, it’s more of a survival game in the Ark or Minecraft mold, with pokémon-like critters you can catch and put to work for you. (But yes, there are guns.)

The game hasn’t been without controversy — including accusations of plagiarism — but that didn’t slow things down. However, it’s now facing a bigger threat — on September 18th, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company announced they filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair, the maker of Palworld.

Keep up with all the latest on Palworld right here.

• A whole new (pal)world.
• Pocketpair follows Palworld’s success with new indie publishing label
• Palworld’s new island will be its ‘largest’ and ‘harshest’
• Here are the patents Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are suing Palworld over
• PUBG developer is making Palworld mobile amid Nintendo lawsuit
• Palworld’s PS5 port is on hold indefinitely in Japan
• A song of pals and pokémon.
• Palworld developer has no idea why Nintendo’s suing over its Pokémon-like game
• Nintendo and Pokémon are suing Palworld maker Pocketpair
• Palworld is getting a new island… and a whole lot more.
• Say hello to your newest pals.
• April Fools’ 2024: Doki Doki Palworld Club.
• Palworld’s creator is exploring bringing the game to more platforms.
• You probably don’t want your Pokémon fan project getting too much press coverage.
• Palworld isn’t slowing down, hits 19 million players across Steam and Xbox
• Here come the Palworld mobile clones.
• This is how Nintendo’ll get ‘em.
• The Pokémon Company says it will ‘investigate’ Palworld
• Yes, The Pokémon Company is aware of Palworld.
• Palworld is getting raid bosses, PvP, and crossplay support in the future
• But for Palworld, it was Tuesday.
• Nintendo goes after the Palworld Pokémon modder
• Palworld is a hit, and it’s easy to see why
• Over five million copies of Palworld have been sold since Friday.