Game news Palworld’s runaway success was so unexpected that even the developers weren’t prepared. And it shows…
Palworld became a runaway success shortly after its release. The developers were obviously not prepared for this immense craze and it shows.
Palworld is the hit of the moment. Designed as a mixture of several games (Ark + Pokemon + Zelda etc.), the Pocketpair title brought together more than 1.85 million players, becoming the 2nd most played software on Steam. Obviously, the developers were not prepared for this immense craze. Indeed, Palworld is currently suffering from server outages preventing access to multiplayer mode. “ The Epic Online service is currently experiencing interruptions due to unusually high load worldwide » apologized, the studio on its official X account (ex Twitter).
“ Single player mode is not affected by this outage, which causes connectivity issues with co-op mode and servers. We apologize for this inconvenience and are working to restore stable operation as soon as possible. As soon as we have more information, we will send it to X and the official Discord» detailed the studio. This is the second time in 72 hours of being on the market that the software has suffered this inconvenience. However, it is important to remember that the title is in early access and therefore that improvements will be made over time.
Server Outage Notice:
As the number of competing players across all platforms exceeded 1.3 million, the Epic Online Service is currently experiencing outages due to an unusually high load worldwide.
Singleplayer is unaffected by this server outage.
This is causing…— Palworld (@Palworld_EN) January 21, 2024
Internet users did not fail to react to the developers’ announcement. “ Imagine making a game so good that you literally broke the internet » jokes a first. “ I’m completely addicted and can’t stop playing this game. Hurry up and fix the servers », also quips a second.
An emergency meeting with Epic Games to correct the problem
On January 20, the team behind the game had already discussed with Epic Games to address the stability issue for the online version. “ We held an emergency meeting with the Epic Games team. We asked them to add an update to the backend (system that manages user authentication) of Epic Games as soon as possible. We have confirmed that this update has resolved connectivity errors and issues when hosting co-op games on Xbox and PC »The studio then declared.