PocketPair, the company behind last year’s viral game Palworld, Have a new business: publication in the games. The first project, scheduled for exemption later this year, will be another name of Horror Game of Surgent Studios, the developer behind 2024, Tales or Kenzera: Zau.

PalworldWhat jokingly called ‘Pokémon with Guns’ was a successful success last year, who moved more than 25 million players in the first few months in the first few months. The company’s walk to publishing comes at a turbulent time for video games, especially smaller studios; Last year, Among us The developer Innersloth has announced his own move to Publishing to push projects forward. PocketPair’s Palworld It seems that success allows to do the same.

“As the games industry continues to grow, more and more games are struggling to become funded or green light,” said John Buckley, head of PocketPair Publishing, in a press release announcing the new division. “We think it’s a real disgrace, because there are so many incredible creators and ideas out there who just need a little help to become incredible games.”

So it is no surprise that PocketPair would work with Surgent Studios, who struggled to find money after the release of Zau. The developer posted his team on Hiatus last year because he searched a partner for his next Kenzera game, currently known as Project Uso.

Surgent’s agreement with pocket play is separate from UnsoTell the founder Abubakar Salim to Wired. Other than the Afrofuturism of ZauIt will be an abomination title intended to introduce players to something new. ‘We take a little detour of the Tales or Kenzera Universe, ”says Salim.

Salim adds that the horror genre is “a fascinating space that uses primary emotions and plunges audiences into a reality removed from their own, but still hits something deep and dark in us all.” PocketPair and Surgent gave little details about the game in Thursday’s announcement, other than describing it as ‘short and strange’.

“The world is so raw now, and it feels natural to create an experience that reflects and nourishes the intensity,” says Salim.

PocketPair Publishing has not announced any other future projects. The company has been since last year, when Nintendo filed a lawsuit in Tokyo Palworld violate on its copyright. Nintendo did not respond to a request for comment. When asked if the lawsuit has a concern for surgeon, Salim says the studio is not worried. “We are very excited to work with their new publication wing to bring this game to life,” he says.