Breaking down Palworld’s roadmap for future updates

A look at what’s in store for Palworld in future content updates after a roadmap was recently revealed.

Pocket Pair, the developer behind the wildly-successful new survival/creature capture game, Palworld, has released a roadmap that details what is planned for future updates.

Palworld is off to an incredible start, with the game selling eight million copies on Steam alone since it went into early access on Jan. 19. Of course, those numbers don’t include Xbox players, which is wild to think about.

While fans of the game are already having a blast with the content they have, Palworld does have future content updates coming down the road.

However, first things first: bug fixes are at the top of the list, as they should be.

Some of those fixes have already started rolling out, including a fix to counter cheaters, a loading screen bug and a visual bug for world date rollbacks.

But the road map also includes more fixes coming, including configuration improvements and an improvement to the pathing of Pals in the base, which can be an issue depending on the layout.

If you thought that was all fantastic news, just wait until you see some of the actual content updates coming after Palworld rightly prioritizes bug fixes, etc.

Here’s a look at each of those planned content updates.

Palworld: Best pals to get your early-game base going

A look at seven Pals that are easy to catch and can help get production in your Palworld base going.

Palworld has exploded in popularity and is a very fun game to play, but some of the fun can get taken out of it if you aren’t efficient in obtaining the resources you need to craft crucial items.

Luckily, Pals can help you do that when deployed at your home base, which makes the process much easier.

But not all Pals are created equal, especially in the early game. Some are much more efficient than others, mostly because they can handle multiple tasks within your base.

Knowing that, it’s important to have a grasp on which Pals will help you out the most. Here’s a look at seven Pals you’ll find in the early game that are easy to catch and can help you get production in your base going.

Every WWE video game cover star since 2000

Here’s every cover star of every WWE video game since the turn of the millennium.

The WWE video games have gone through a few distinct eras since the turn of the millennium. At first, they were producing standalone games like the WrestleMania and Smackdown! games, but eventually those all got consolidated into a single annual release known as the Smackdown vs Raw series which ran until 2011. Then series developers, THQ, closed its doors and the licence was handed to 2K Games, who have been slowly growing the scope of the games year on year, with varying degrees of success.

Being a star in wrestling is often less about how good you are in the ring, and more about how marketable you are as a personality, so the covers of WWE video games are a great way to see who was enjoying the biggest success in the company for that year. It’s an indication of the person/people that WWE trusts to sell such a huge product with their faces alone.

We’ve rolled back the clock to 2000 to see every WWE cover star over the past twenty years.

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The best VR games of 2023

The competition was fierce this year, but we’ve narrowed it down to our 10 favorite VR games of 2023, from Resident Evil to Vampire and more

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The best VR games of 2023 don’t just coast along with immersion and motion controls as their big selling points, though some of them do innovative things in those areas. The medium is finally moving on from using VR as a video game gimmick, and 2023’s top picks use it to create unique experiences – in Resident Evil Village, for example – or even to augment storytelling in some respects, as Vampire Justice does. The competition was fierce this year, but we’ve narrowed it down to our 10 favorite VR games of 2023 and rattled them off below.

Best of 2023: Why we loved these 6 games, from Baldur’s Gate 3 to Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Some of our staff’s favorite games from 2023.

As 2023 winds down and 2024 looms on the horizon, it’s time to look back at the year that was in pop culture. We asked our staff to pick their favorite movies, music, television and games from the past year, and now we are sharing it with you.

MORE: Best Television of 2023: Why we loved these 21 shows from Lessons in Chemistry to Succession

The rules are pretty simple: it had to have released in the calendar year 2023. For television, just one episode had to air for the first time over the last year. To be clear, this list isn’t necessarily the best of the year, it’s our favorites. 

There were a handful of top-notch video game releases in 2023, so let’s get to some of our favorites.

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The best games of 2023 according to Metacritic user scores

We rounded up the best games of 2023 according to Metacritic user scores, and the results were surprising

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We can talk about our Alan Wakes and Baldur’s Gates all we want, but the best video games of 2023 according to Metacritic Scores don’t quite match up with what you might expect. Metacritic is the people’s forum, the place where they can give whatever they want a 10 out of 10 and explain just what makes it so great – or leave a “game good” and nothing more. Some of the usual suspects are there – Mario Wonder, for example – but several that flew under the mainstream radar showed up as well. The variety makes it all the more interesting, so we scoured the platform and picked which Metacritic scores soared above the rest.

The worst games of 2023 according to Metacritic user scores

It’s not a pretty task, but we’ve sorted through the rubble and picked out the worst games of 2023 according to Metacritic user scores.

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Going through the worst video games of 2023 based on Metacritic scores sure is a ride. While you’ve got your usual complaints – too many microtransactions, not enough to do, and things like that – there’s a streak of broken promises and severe pushback against questionable monetization that runs through most of them this year. Kickstarter backers expected more, sports fans got less, and tight publishing schedules meant some games shipped long before they should have. Then there was Activision Blizzard, whose games just did not fare well with consumers this year.

It’s not a pretty task, but we’ve sorted through the rubble and picked out the worst games of 2023 according to Metacritic user scores.

10 brilliant video games you (probably) missed in 2023

We’ve rounded up the 10 best video games of 2023 you might not even realize existed, from horror games to strategy, climbing, and more

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Amid all the 2023 video games, it’s inevitable some absolute bangers would get lost in the shuffle. And there were some proper bangers, making the process of narrowing them down to 10 a pretty difficult one. We did it, though. We’ve got an award-winning indie, a thoughtful spin on climbing games, a spooky visual novel, and even a strategy game that actually respects your time, and that’s just the start.

Check out the 10 best games of 2023 you might not even know existed.

The best Steam Winter Sale deals you have to check out

We’ve rounded up some of the best Steam Winter Sale deals, from Baldur’s Gate 3 and Elden Ring, to indie game gems, and more

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Steam Winter Sale deals have begun, with even more discounts than we saw during Black Friday. Discounts are everywhere, on major AAA games including Elden Ring and Baldur’s Gate 3, indie gems such as Case of the Golden Idol and Slay the Princess, and some modern classics in the mix as well. The Steam Winter Sale deals are live through Jan.4, 2024.

If you’re after other end-of-year sales, check out the Epic Games Store holiday sale and the PlayStation Store’s holiday sale.

The best PlayStation Store Holiday Sale deals you won’t want to miss

We’ve rounded up some of the best PlayStation Store holiday deals, from Alan Wake and Baldur’s Gate to indie gems and more

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The PlayStation Store holiday sale deals have begun, with big discounts on some of the best PS5 games of 2023, old classics, and hidden gems you might’ve missed in a year crammed with releases. There’s a discount for everyone, whether you’ve been waiting for Jedi Survivor or Cyberpunk 2077 to go on sale or want to try out award winners such as Sea of Stars and Alan Wake 2Red Dead 2 is on sale, as always, and Larian even threw in a little Baldur’s Gate 3 price cut as a treat – emphasis on “little.”

We’ve rounded up some of the best PlayStation Store holiday deals below. The sales are live now through Jan. 17, 2024.