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Palworld battles multiplayer cheaters with a new update, but admits it’s “difficult” to solve straight awayPocketpair confirms reports of cheaters on their official servers
Pocketpair confirms reports of cheaters on their official servers
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair
They might not have an enemy in Nintendo’s legal teamjust yet, butPalworlddevelopers Pocketpair have a different battle to fight in the meantime: online cheaters in the immensely popular ‘Pokémon with guns’survival game.
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Pocketpair acknowledged that they would address “cheating on the official server” with a patch, adding “countermeasures against various cheats and exploits” in the recentv0.1.3.0 update(it also fixes minor bugs with loading screens and the world date), but warned that “it is currently difficult to completely prevent all cheating immediately” - so expect to run into some cheats and hackers in the meantime, in other words.
“We will continue to focus even more on security and aim to create an environment where everyone can play with peace of mind,” the developers added in aSteam blog postapologising to players who had run into the online ne’er-do-wells.
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The issues on the official servers may be particularly frustrating for thoseplaying through the PC Game Pass version of Palworld, which currently doesn’t allow players to join orset up a dedicated Palworld server.
At least one exploit is a little less rage-inducing, allowing players tocatch the game’s first boss Zoe and Grizzboltand unleash their beefy minigun attacks - the perfect catharsis for having your hard work hacked away from you, perhaps.
