Mass Effect fans ask Palworld creators to buy the franchise from EA

But Jade Empire interests Pocketpair more.

Mass Effect fans are urging Japanese studio Pocketpair, known for Palworld, to buy the rights to the sci-fi series from Electronic Arts and save its future. According to Pocketpair's Head of Communications and Publishing, Jon “Bucky” Buckley, he has received almost 30 direct messages and emails with similar requests in the last 24 hours alone.

Buckley shared this on social media, noting that such reactions regularly occur after game studios close or projects are canceled. Fans approach Pocketpair with suggestions like “You should buy this franchise!” Over time, according to the company representative, such requests can turn into complaints: players start asking why the studio never acquired the rights, as they supposedly have enough money.

Buckley emphasized that buying game franchises is much more complex than it seems from the outside. Intellectual property owners are often not interested in selling, and the asking price can be unreasonably high.

However, Buckley himself has another candidate for a potential acquisition. In response to the wave of suggestions to buy Mass Effect, he humorously remarked that the rights to Jade Empire would interest him much more. This role-playing game was also created by BioWare but never received a sequel.