Sony Music Entertainment Japan Inc. announced on Wednesday that it and its subsidiary Aniplex, along with Palworld game developer Pocketpair, have established a new joint venture named Palworld Entertainment.
The venture aims to expand and develop “new business” for the Palworld game, as well as develop the intellectual property’s reach, licensing, and merchandising outside of the game.
Pocketpair debuted its Palworld multiplayer survival game on January 19 as a Steam Early Access game.
The Pokémon Company released a statement shortly after Palworld’s release that it is investigating a possible copyright infringement by an unnamed game company.