Feeling unwell? It seems to be a widespread issue.

Several employees at Pocketpair, the developers of Palworld, have reported feeling ill, leading the company to give them an unexpected day off following the enormous success of Monster Hunter Wilds, which recently launched to over 1.1 million players on Steam in just six hours.

The decision was highlighted in a post made early in the day on their social media. The machine-translated message stated: “For some reason, many employees have reported that they may feel unwell tomorrow, so they have been given an extra day off.” However, it’s indicated that not every team member will be off, as some departments remain on task with updates for Palworld and Craftopia.

Furthermore, across various forums, players have noted similar encouragements from their companies to take the day off. One amusing note revealed that February 28th was the release day for Monster Hunter Wilds, suggesting a curious correlation between the game launch and employee absences.

This isn’t the first time a major game release has led to such outcomes. In the past, earlier Monster Hunter titles have also resulted in unexplained employee sick days.

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