Subnautica creators Charlie Cleveland, Max McGuire, and Ted Gill have introduced that they are suing Krafton, the mum or dad firm of his now-former studio Unknown Worlds, following his dismissal from the corporate.
As a reminder, Cleveland, together with fellow co-creators McGuire and Gill, was ousted from Unknown Worlds earlier this month. Krafton initially did not present a motive for his or her dismissal, however in a subsequent assertion, the corporate alleged that after what it calls the “failure” of Unknown Worlds’ sport Moonbreaker, Cleveland “selected to concentrate on a private movie venture” somewhat than resuming Subnautica 2 growth.
Nevertheless, as you would possibly anticipate, Cleveland disputes Krafton’s model of occasions. He says that he “would by no means willingly abandon [Subnautica] or the superb staff that has poured their hearts into it”, reiterating that he and his staff believed the recently-delayed Subnautica 2 was prepared for launch in 2025 and that the scenario “must be made proper”.
In consequence, though Cleveland says he and his fellow Subnautica creators would somewhat not interact in a public battle with Krafton, they really feel it is a necessity to make the scenario proper.
Cleveland additionally references the $250 million worker bonus that was reportedly to be paid to workers upon reaching a sure income purpose in 2025 (which the discharge of Subnautica 2 would clearly have enormously helped).
He says that he, Gill, and McGuire will “proceed with the earnout/bonus” and that Unknown Worlds workers “deserve it for all their unimaginable work making an attempt to get this nice sport into your arms”.
As with many company lawsuits, this one is more likely to run and run, so it is in all probability going to be fairly a while earlier than we hear the results of Cleveland’s efforts. He does, nonetheless, say that the main points of the lawsuit “ought to finally turn into (not less than largely) public”, in order that info will likely be revealed in time.
As for Subnautica 2 itself, it is at the moment slated for an Early Entry launch on PC and Xbox Collection X|S in 2026, though whether or not this lawsuit adjustments that or not stays to be seen. Keep tuned for extra.
