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[Draugoth]

Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s two most accomplished creative studios are making mobile games in the style of this year’s biggest viral hit, Palworld, in hopes of rebooting the company’s core business.

The teams at Timi and Lightspeed are both building games in the style of genre-blender Palworld, replete with pet companions and stylized violence, according to people familiar with the matter. The studios operate autonomously, but both seem to have landed on that new formula to seek out another Honor of Kings that can power Tencent’s next wave of growth.

 

[Generic]

I imagine it will be more polished than Palworld.

 

[ssringo]

I mean, of course they are. The day Palworld released to big sales and positive reception dozens of copycats began production. Not to mention the ones that began during the prerelease hype phase .

 

[Frexerik88]

I imagine it will be more polished than Palworld.

It will be a reskin of some other generic gatcha trash and people will pay thousands of dollars a month for it.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Ofc they are, chinese are good at copying shit.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

The new Azur Lane open-world game has similar creatures and looks amazing.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

People don't understand you just can't chase these viral things...by the time these come out no one will care.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

It will be a reskin of some other generic gatcha trash and people will pay thousands of dollars a month for it.

 

[Hrk69]

Of course they are

 

[SmokedMeat]

Oh I’m sure they are lol