Category: Monster Catching

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Monster catcher Cassette Beasts adds Steam Workshop support and a new battle mode

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

Cassette Beasts from Bytten Studio is a brilliant spin on the whole monster catching genre, and a fresh update out now continues expanding it.

Palworld dev details the patents Nintendo and The Pokemon Company are suing for

By Liam Dawe, Nov 8

Back in September Nintendo and The Pokemon Company filed a lawsuit in Japan against Palworld developer Pocketpair, and now we actually know why.

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Nintendo and The Pokemon Company file lawsuit against Palworld maker Pocketpair

By Liam Dawe, Sep 19

You might want to grab a big bucket of popcorn for this one, as the big fight is about to begin. Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have formally gone after Palworld maker Pocketpair.

Wildkeepers Rising is Vampire Survivors merged with Pokemon and I need it

By Liam Dawe, Sep 17

Bringing together two of my favourites genres. Monster catching and survivor-like bullet heaven, Wildkeepers Rising seems like it's going to be awesome.

A love letter to the Monster Tamer genre, Battle Gem Ponies is out now

By Liam Dawe, Sep 3

After a successful Kickstarter back in 2021, Battle Gem Ponies from Yotes Games has officially released as a love letter to the Monster Tamer genre.

Coromon: Rogue Planet blends creature-collecting with a rogue-lite twist

By Liam Dawe, Sep 2

Coromon is one of the better monster-taming / creature collecting Pokémon-likes that I've played and now the series is getting a new and rather different entry with Coromon: Rogue Planet.

Palworld's Sakurajima update brings a new island, battle arena, a new raid and more

By Liam Dawe, Jun 28

Palworld has just expanded in a rather big way with the Sakurajima Update, giving players a lot of new content to play through and it sounds pretty awesome.

Pokemon and Stardew Valley blend Ova Magica arrives on July 23rd

By Liam Dawe, Jun 7

After a Kickstarter success in early 2021, Ova Magica that blends ideas from Pokemon and Stardew Valley will hit Early Access on July 23rd.

Monster collecting game Cassette Beasts free multiplayer update out now

By Liam Dawe, May 20

Collect and transform against friends in the Cassette Beasts free multiplayer update, which is now officially available.

Promise Mascot Agency is an open world mascot management crime drama

By Liam Dawe, May 2

Okay, so what the heck is this then? Kaizen Game Works (Paradise Killer) recently announced Promise Mascot Agency and the setting sounds absolutely bizarre.

Palworld is bringing in fun new Pals for you to put to work

By Liam Dawe, May 1

Pocketpair's absolute smash-hit Early Access game Palworld is set to expanding, with some new Pals being teased that will be coming sometime this Summer.

Palworld is getting a major content update this Summer, plus a PvP Arena mode later

By Liam Dawe, Apr 12

Palworld is set to expand in multiple big ways, which actually sounds quite exciting with a whole lot of new content set to arrive in the monster catching game.

Multiplayer comes to Cassette Beasts on May 20th

By Liam Dawe, Mar 29

The fantastic monster collection game Cassette Beasts is adding in online multiplayer, with a Beta available now with the full update due out on May 20th.

Palworld has now sold over 15 million copies on Steam

By Liam Dawe, Feb 23

Palworld continues to be an insane success, as Pocketpair just revealed it has now seen over 25 million players for their Early Access game.

Palworld is getting external anti-cheat but it will be mostly optional

By Liam Dawe, Feb 19

Palworld continues to be an incredible success seeing a 24 hour peak player count of 527,994 but cheating is causing problems, so the developers plan to address it with new anti-cheat.

Palworld hits 19 million players in less than two weeks - beating the latest Pokémon

By Liam Dawe, Feb 1

Palworld continues being an absolutely ridiculous success for developer Pocketpair, as they've announced it's hit 19 million players in less than two weeks.

The Pokémon Company confirm investigation into Palworld

By Liam Dawe, Jan 25

Well this could be about to get interesting, as The Pokémon Company have actually released a statement in regards to all the speculation about Palworld amid many claims of copying Pokémon's homework.

Palworld hits 7 million sales, smashes Counter-Strike 2's all-time peak and gets a roadmap

By Liam Dawe, Jan 24

Palworld has continued to smash records, and it has now become the number 2 on Steam for the record of peak-players as it crosses 7 million sales. There's also now a fancy roadmap.

Palworld overtakes Counter-Strike 2 for most players on Steam and hits 5 million sales

By Liam Dawe, Jan 22

There seems to be absolutely no stopping Palworld. It just keeps on growing and pulling in more players with its enticing theme of Pokémon with guns and crafting.

Palworld is Steam Deck Playable and runs on Desktop Linux with Proton

By Liam Dawe, Jan 19

Palworld is a new release on Steam in Early Access from Pocketpair. A fusion of Pokémon with monster catching, farming, building and much more. It is Steam Deck Playable and does work on Desktop Linux too.

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