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Subnautica 2 drama escalates: ousted developers launch legal action as Krafton accuses them of abandoning project
Subnautica 2's increasingly messy saga has taken another dramatic turn. Developer Unknown Worlds' ousted leaders have a…
And the situation only grew murkier after Bloomberg reported Cleveland, as well as Unknown Worlds' chief executive officer Ted Gill and special projects director Max McGuire, had all been "pushed out" amid Krafton's sudden decision to shift Subnautica 2's early access launch from its announced "2025" window into 2026. But Krafton didn't stop there; first it posted a new gameplay trailer, presumably in a bid to try and quell the growing community discontent, then, overnight, it issued another statement, this one far less diplomatic than the rest, directly accusing Cleveland and co. of "abandoning [their] responsibilities". All this, Krafton insisted, resulted in "repeated confusion in direction and significant delays in the overall project schedule", leading to what it called an early access version that "falls short in terms of content volume".
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