Sekhmet is Palworld‘s homecoming queen, in line with a brand new ballot printed by creator Pocketpair. The kitty-shaped Pal was voted the preferred by international gamers, scoring 49,637 votes. Solenne got here in second with 37,425 votes, and Chillet was third with 34,625 votes. Spare a thought for little outdated Verdash, who, regardless of a inexperienced bouffant that may make any ’90s emo child proud, was on the backside of the rankings with 1,479 votes.
Alongside the outcomes, Pocketpair additionally teased a new update for this winter, Palworld: Aspect by Aspect. Once I say “teased,” I imply gave us three human silhouettes, sending the fandom into hypothesis mode about who the hidden characters might be. The prevailing Reddit theories are that the thriller figures are Auri, Zoe, and Saya, which might make sense, provided that they had been the highest picks for hottest characters within the character rankings within the Pocketpair ballot. All three are already in-game as faction leaders, or tower bosses, and provided that Pocketpair made Zoe a recruitable companion after final yr’s ballot, it might imply that Aspect by Aspect will let gamers crew up with the trio.
In an interview with Gaming World Interviews at Gamescom in August, Pocketpair head of publishing and communications John “Bucky” Buckley teased that Palworld’s subsequent replace would come with one thing followers have been asking for. Pocketpair hasn’t confirmed whether or not that’s Aspect by Aspect. He additionally instructed the replace’s timing was chosen to steer clear of November, presumably to keep away from GTA 6’s launch.
“It’s thrilling for us at Pocketpair as a result of we’re doing one thing that individuals have wished for a very long time,” he mentioned. “We type of thought-about it for 1.0, however it will have simply pushed the discharge again too far. And, you realize, to not be cliché, everybody’s saying it, however this yr… one thing’s occurring later [in the year]… So we didn’t need to go wherever close to the November type of vary.
“We’re doing one thing that’s actually thrilling, however it’s not large… We’re going to begin the advertising and marketing on this quickly. It’s not an enormous factor. You don’t need to restart your recreation to expertise it.”
In the event you’re planning on heading again to the Palpagos Islands, check out all the brand new Friends added in Palworld 1.0, plus a information to all of the Palworld bosses, and our interactive Palworld map.
Rachel Weber is the Head of Editorial Growth at IGN and an elder millennial. She’s been knowledgeable nerd since 2006 when she received her begin on Official PlayStation Journal within the UK, and has since labored for GamesIndustry.Biz, Rolling Stone and GamesRadar. She loves horror, horror motion pictures, horror video games, Pink Useless Redemption 2, and her Love and Deepspace boyfriends.