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Brendan Lowry

Subnautica 2 devs have more legal beef with publisher Krafton over the game's Early Access release — "Krafton self-servingly announced the launch"

Subnautica 2 promotional screenshot.

I thought we might've been nearing the end of the legal battle going on between the executive leadership of Subnautica 2 dev Unknown Worlds and its publisher Krafton earlier this week when a decisive ruling came down in favor of the franchise's founders, but as it turns out, there's an entirely new fight brewing.

So, what's going on? First, a quick recap: last year, Subnautica's founders sued Krafton for firing them, replacing Unknown Worlds' CEO, and delaying the underwater survival-horror sequel into 2026 even though they believed it was ready for its Early Access release on Xbox, PC, and Xbox Game Pass, with speculation that this was done to dodge having to pay the developers a $250 million bonus for hitting certain performance targets by the end of 2025.

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