{"rewrite":{"id":"r_daa407739cd22b8e18f8bbbe","clusterId":"c_1697bea7058fe37023e3b38f","slug":"pocketpair-sets-palworld-side-by-side-update-for-winter-2026","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Pocketpair Sets Palworld Side by Side Update for Winter 2026","summary":"Pocketpair announced on October 20, 2026 that the Palworld update \"Side by Side\" arrives in winter 2026. A teaser visual carries the logo, the text \"Winter 2026,\" and silhouettes of three characters the company says resemble Zoe, Auri, and Saya. The wording stops at \"resemble,\" and the update's contents are not revealed. Pocketpair also published its 2026 popularity poll results, with Sekhmet first among Pals and Zoe first among characters.","whyItMatters":"The countdown now runs on a winter window roughly three months after the 1.0 release, but Pocketpair has attached no contents and no confirmed platform list to the date it just gave.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe teaser image names no Pals and no features. Its three silhouettes match the top three finishers of the character poll, which Pocketpair frames as a resemblance rather than a cast list. The same poll put Sekhmet, Monochrona, and Okocho at the top of the Pal category. Voting ran in September 2026 across more than 280 Pals and in-game characters, and Pocketpair says the vote total exceeded the previous poll. The date is the only firm detail in the announcement. Whether the update ships on the same hardware as the current release is undecided, and the game is available now on PC via Steam, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Mac, plus Game Pass.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Pocketpair's teaser says the three silhouettes in the Side by Side art merely resemble Zoe, Auri, and Saya, and stops short of showing the update's contents.","twitterPost":"Pocketpair's Side by Side teaser hedges: the silhouettes only resemble Zoe, Auri, and Saya, and no update contents are shown.","threadsPost":"Pocketpair's Side by Side teaser says the three silhouettes resemble Zoe, Auri, and Saya, not that they are those characters, and the update's contents stay unrevealed. Zoe's first-place finish in the 2026 character poll gives the silhouette tease a hook Pocketpair is not yet confirming.","newsletterBlurb":"Pocketpair dated the Palworld update Side by Side for winter 2026 and released a teaser with three silhouettes it says resemble Zoe, Auri, and Saya. The update's contents are not revealed, and the supported platforms are undecided. The 2026 popularity poll put Sekhmet first among Pals and Zoe first among characters.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/20/173860.html\",\"title\":\"Palworld's New Update 'Side by Side' Set for Winter 2026 - 2026 Popularity Poll: Sekhmet Tops Pal Category, Zoe Tops Character Category\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4738,"outputTokens":653,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792508828,"createdAt":"2026-10-20T15:01:46.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T15:06:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-20T15:06:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_1697bea7058fe37023e3b38f","canonicalTitle":"『パルワールド』新アップデート『Side by Side』2026年冬配信決定―人気投票2026はパル部門1位セクメト、キャラクター部門1位ゾーイ","representativeArticleId":"a_038412c115e4814373b82a78","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Palworld\"],\"studios\":[\"Pocketpair\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-20T13:37:01.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-20T13:37:01.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-20T15:06:08.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/20/173860.html","title":"『パルワールド』新アップデート『Side by Side』2026年冬配信決定―人気投票2026はパル部門1位セクメト、キャラクター部門1位ゾーイ"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Palworld"],"studios":["Pocketpair"],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}