
Steve Papoutsis, the new CEO of Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds, has dismissed claims that Krafton delayed the sequel in an effort to prevent developers from receiving a $250 million revenue target payout.
In a newly public 58-page lawsuit, ousted former Unknown Worlds leaders Charlie Cleveland, Ted Gill, and Max McGuire claim Krafton "flagrantly breached both the letter and the spirit of the promises at the very core of its agreement to purchase Unknown Worlds" largely to deny the developers the $250 million payout stipulated at the time of Krafton's $500 million acquisition.