“Save them, Bucky” – DOOM creator loses publisher support, might get help from Palworld

A developer studio must announce that they are no longer receiving support from their publisher, but the Palworld developers could help with their own publishing company.

Which developer studio is affected? The developer studio Romero Games, founded by one of the DOOM creators John Romero and his wife Brenda Romero, had to post sad news on X: The financial support from their publisher is ending.

Currently, Romero Games was working on their new shooter. Although, as they explain in their post, every deadline was met and they often received a lot of praise for their work. It was a decision made at a “higher level within the publisher” that they, as a developer studio, had no influence over.

Romero Games does not mention an official reason, but it is likely that the recent mass layoffs at Microsoft could have something to do with it. One of the artists who was employed at Romero Games, Christoph Redl, confirmed on X that he lost his job due to layoffs at Microsoft/Xbox.

Palworld developer could save Romero’s game

What gives fans hope? Under the post on X, in which Romero Games shares the sad news, the Palworld developer John Buckley responded:

There is a suspicion that the Palworld developer wants to offer their help. Earlier this year, the developer studio behind Palworld, Pocketpair, announced its own publishing company: Pocketpair Publishing.

With this, Pocketpair aims to support indie games. Something that John Buckley has likely been planning for some time.

Under John Buckley’s post, fans are excited about the possible support. Evan Olmstead writes, for example, on X: “Save them, Bucky!”

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Romero Games has not officially responded to the inquiry from the Palworld developer. It remains to be seen whether a collaboration can take place; however, it does not seem entirely unlikely. The game Palworld has recently enjoyed a significant increase in players. The reason for this is the collaboration with another game. Read more about it here on MeinMMO: Steam: A crossover boosts Palworld, suddenly over 100,000 players are back