The developer of Palworld has given its staff the day off to play Monster Hunter Wilds. As reported by Automaton, yesterday Japanese studio Pocketpair said on social media that it had received a number of “mysterious” notices from employees who claimed they will “probably be feeling unwell tomorrow” and unable to work.

For reasons totally unrelated to the release of Monster Hunter Wilds, Palworld developer Pocketpair has given its team a "special holiday" today, 28th February. In a memo, staff were advised that as many employees hinted that they may be too unwell to work today,

Pocketpair has made February 28 a special "non-working" holiday due to notices from employees that they were going to get sick that day.