The Latest Breaking News from Krafton

As Krafton evolves into an 'AI-first company', the boss of the recently acquired Last Epoch studio says he doesn't think the 'doom and gloom' is warranted

Last Epoch's head developer tries to assure fans things are going to be OK.

PC Gamer · Nov 13, 2025

PUBG and Subnautica 2 publisher Krafton, now an "AI first" company, asks devs to fire themselves in voluntary resignation program if they can't roll with "the era of AI transformation"

Krafton seemingly gunning for the most hated game publisher crown

GamesRadar · Nov 13, 2025

Krafton launches voluntary resignation program weeks after declaring its 'AI-first company' future

The Korean publisher insists this isn't workforce reduction, however.

PC Gamer · Nov 13, 2025

Krafton is now an 'AI-first company,' will spend $70 million on a GPU cluster to 'serve as the foundation for accelerating the implementation of agentic AI'

The new strategy represents "a complete reorganization of the company's operational development system, placing AI at the center of problem solving."

PC Gamer · Oct 23, 2025

Gaming’s AI crossroads: PUBG maker leans in, Palworld pushes back. Here's what's going on.

Krafton has announced a major shift toward AI-driven game development, investing heavily in automation and “Agentic AI” systems, while Palworld studio Pocketpair takes the opposite approach, refusing to work with generative AI. The contrast highlights a growing split in how studios view the role of AI in gaming’s future.

Windows Central · Oct 23, 2025

Still embroiled in Subnautica 2 drama, PUBG and Hi-Fi Rush owner Krafton announces it's an "AI first" company now as it plans to spend $70 million on the tech

It's sinking a lot of money into the tech to make it happen

GamesRadar · Oct 23, 2025

After rising to "Mostly Positive" Steam reviews following chill Stardew Valley-like DLC, inZOI devs know you want "realistic tragedy, the darker sides of life, and unpredictable dramatic events" and more in future updates

Krafton is also considering a "Story Mode"

GamesRadar · Oct 9, 2025

The Subnautica 2 lawsuit is getting even messier, with Krafton doing a massive U-turn, confusing both the ousted founders' lawyer and the judge: 'This is a little bit bewildering'

One of its key claims, that the founders were terminated because they wanted to release Subnautica 2 before it was ready, has been dropped.

PC Gamer · Sep 19, 2025

"To say Krafton's new theory is a Hail Mary would be an understatement": Former Subnautica 2 studio leadership allege publisher Krafton has changed "its story mid-litigation about why it fired the founders"

It's alleged that Krafton has "pivoted to a new theory that it admittedly came up with only after the fact"

GamesRadar · Sep 18, 2025

With Silksong in our hands, Steam's new reigning wishlist kings are both kind of basket cases: The partially-released Deadlock and lawsuit lightning rod Subnautica 2

The heart wants what it wants.

PC Gamer · Sep 8, 2025