"Palworld's Record-Breaking Launch Overwhelms Servers, Prompting Fixes"
Palworld's co-op connectivity issues, caused by exceeding 700,000 concurrent players, have been resolved after an emergency meeting with Epic Games to update the backend, resulting in improved connectivity for hosting co-op games on Xbox and PC. The "Pokémon with guns" survival game sold 1 million copies within hours of its early access launch, reaching 663,320 concurrent players on Steam alone and securing eleventh place on Steam's "most played games" chart.