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Rick Lane

As the legal debate between Subnautica 2's publisher and former studio execs rages, the original game and its spinoff quietly receive small patches and big discounts

Subnautica.

Subnautica 2 has become one of the year's most talked-about games, albeit for reasons I don't think anybody wanted. A big legal brouhaha has developed in the wake of publisher Krafton abruptly dismissing the entire leadership team of Subnautica 2's developer Unknown Worlds Entertainment.

Those former leaders, including co-founders Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire, subsequently filed a lawsuit, claiming Krafton wanted to push Subnautica 2's launch out of 2025 to avoid a big financial payout. Krafton responded by claiming Subnautica 2 wasn't ready for an early access launch, and that Cleveland and McGuire "abandoned their roles as studio-wide game director and technical director to focus on their personal projects".

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