Pocketpair

Article summary

is a Japanese video game development company based in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The company was founded by Takuro Mizobe in 2015 and is best known for their games Craftopia and Palworld. The company's first title was the roguelike deck-building game Overdungeon which was released in 2019. In 2020, Pocketpair released the open-world survival crafting game Craftopia and announced Palworld in 2021. However, the game's development was delayed, and they released their third title AI Art Impostor in 2022. In 2026, they released Palworld after five years of development.

Key claims

1. date of foundation: 2015 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. release date: 2019 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 2021 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. release date: 2022 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2015". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the release date is "2019". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the release date is "2021". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the release date is "2022". What evidence would count against this claim?
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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373953527