Pocketpair Publishing – the publishing arm of the studio behind Palworld, Pocketpair – has announced that it will be following up on the recent release of horror title Dead Take by working with another studio to release another game. While the company hasn’t yet revealed concrete details, only referring to it as “a very exciting new game”, communications director and publishing manager John Buckley said that it is one of “quite a few” games that the company is working towards publishing.
“Signed a VERY exciting game a couple of days ago,” wrote Buckley on social media platform X. “Really excited to share more info about it in the future, but it needs to cook for a bit first! Have quite a few others in the wings that we’ll start revealing soon though! All bangers of course.”
Pocketpair had announced its plans to publish indie games all the way back in January, with the first game being originally announced as a “brand new horror game” that had “an original approach” by Surgent Studios – the developer behind Tales of Kenzera: Zau. The game would eventually be revealed as being Dead Take, which came out on PC on July 31.
Shortly after announcing the partnership, Buckley had taken to social media to write about why the company decided to go into game publishing. In a series of posts, he wrote about Pocketpair’s aims of helping indie studios get their projects financed in a way that they don’t get “wrapped up in stinky rule makers and bullies.”
“We give you money. You make the game,” posted Buckley. “If you want help with marketing or something we’ll help out, but otherwise do whatever you want. “We’re giving devs the financial freedom to make games they want so they DON’T have to get wrapped up in stinky rule makers and bullies.”
Buckley also spoke about feeling surprised at the level of interest Pocketpair Publishing got when the publishing wing was first announced. “We announced Pocketpair Publishing 15 hours ago… My inboxes were 0 before then… I think I might have underestimated how much interest here would be,” posted Buckley back in January.
Dead Take was the first game published by Pocketpair Publishing. The title was properly unveiled with a small teaser, with studio CEO Abubakar Salim saying that the secretive nature of the game’s reveal served a purpose.
“We’re being secretive for a reason,” said Salim in a statement included with the press release announcing Dead Take. “The subject matter of this game is delicate, and it hits close to home. When it comes out, and it won’t be long until it does, I want players to think, ‘I can’t believe they actually did this.”
Back in July, Dead Take got a proper trailer which revealed that the game would feature quite a few famous actors, including Neil Newbon (Baldur’s Gate 3’s Astarion) and Ben Starr (Final Fantasy 16’s Clive Rossfeld). The game also features a host of famous voice actors, including Matthew Mercer and Laura Bailey, and even features a cameo by Sam Lake.
