{"id":44927,"date":"2025-02-27T17:28:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T08:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=44927"},"modified":"2025-02-27T17:28:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T08:28:33","slug":"palworld-developer-pocketpair-gives-employees-special-holiday-that-just-so-happens-to-coincide-with-monster-hunter-wilds-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/palworld-developer-pocketpair-gives-employees-special-holiday-that-just-so-happens-to-coincide-with-monster-hunter-wilds-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Palworld developer Pocketpair gives employees special holiday that just so happens to coincide with Monster Hunter Wilds\u2019 release\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Pocketpair<\/strong> has announced that tomorrow, February 28, will be a special, non-working day at its offices.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the announcement, the company has been receiving a series of \u201cmysterious\u201d notices from its employees, who claim that they will \u201cprobably be feeling unwell tomorrow\u201d and thus unable to clock in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u306a\u305c\u304b\u591a\u304f\u306e\u793e\u54e1\u304b\u3089\u3001\u660e\u65e5\u4f53\u8abf\u4e0d\u826f\u306b\u306a\u308b\u304b\u3082\u3057\u308c\u306a\u3044\u3068\u3044\u3046\u5831\u544a\u3092\u53d7\u3051\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3001\u660e\u65e5\u306f\u7279\u5225\u4f11\u6687\u306b\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KhuxHJjUDo\">pic.twitter.com\/KhuxHJjUDo<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30dd\u30b1\u30c3\u30c8\u30da\u30a2\u516c\u5f0f &#8211; Craftopia\/\u30af\u30e9\u30d5\u30c8\u30d4\u30a2 (@PocketpairJapan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PocketpairJapan\/status\/1895005045273567372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, Palworld\u2019s developer has decided to make February 28 a holiday for the majority of its employees. Pocketpair also emphasizes that work on Palworld and Craftopia will not be affected by this and that update rollout will remain on schedule.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Palworld\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/palworlds-major-update-feybreak-releases-on-december-23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">major Feybreak update<\/a> behind them and an <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/palworld-roadmap-reveals-plans-to-add-crossplay-and-final-boss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ambitious roadmap<\/a> planned for the rest of 2025, it\u2019s safe to say Pocketpair\u2019s holiday is well deserved. 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