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Subnautica 2 Will Finally Enter Early Access in May Following Year of Delays and Legal Drama
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 70531" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/09/17/screenshot-2025-09-17-at-10-50-08-1758102619503.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p>Subnautica 2 is entering early access at last.</p><p></p><p>IGN can exclusively reveal that both developer Unknown Worlds and publisher Krafton have agreed the game is ready for its early access release in May on Xbox and PC, though an exact date hasn't been provided just yet.</p><p></p><p>Unknown Worlds head Steve Papoutsis shared the following message with the Subnautica 2 team today:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This comes as a major victory for Unknown Worlds on the heels of its developers achieving a significant victory in a legal battle with publisher Krafton. Last year, CEO Ted Gill and other senior team members were <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/subnautica-2-developers-entire-leadership-team-replaced-in-shock-move-krafton-said-will-bring-renewed-energy-and-momentum" target="_blank">unexpectedly fired from the studio</a> and the game's launch was delayed, with Krafton alleging that Gill and his colleagues <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/krafton-responds-to-ex-subnautica-2-leads-lawsuit-saying-they-resorted-to-litigation-to-demand-a-payday-they-havent-earned" target="_blank">were "checked out" and had failed to deliver a game that was ready for early access</a>. The fired leaders <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/former-subnautica-2-leaders-accuse-krafton-of-hindering-games-release-firing-them-to-avoid-paying-250-million-bonus" target="_blank">filed a lawsuit</a>, claiming Krafton was trying to get out of its obligation to pay out a $250 million bonus split between the entire team that would have kicked in if Subnautica 2 released on time. The ongoing legal drama in the ensuing months included severe claims on both sides, including the suggestion that <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/fired-subnautica-2-founders-claim-krafton-ceo-used-chatgpt-to-brainstorm-ways-to-avoid-paying-250m-bonus-and-discussed-a-takeover-over-company-slack-messages" target="_blank">Krafton CEO Changhan Kim had used ChatGPT to "brainstorm ways to avoid paying" Unknown Worlds' bonus</a>, and that <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/korea-they-are-the-joe-pesci-of-countries-krafton-alleges-former-subnautica-ceo-referenced-racist-views-toward-korea-and-korean-people-as-trial-comes-to-an-end-drafts-in-former-bioware-boss-as-expert-industry-witness" target="_blank">the fired leaders had "referenced racist views toward Korea and Korean people"</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p>However, just yesterday, a <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/judge-slams-subnautica-2-publisher-krafton-in-victory-for-fired-workers-orders-company-reinstate-boss-and-extend-250-million-bonus" target="_blank">judge ordered Krafton to extend the deadline on the conditions for the $250 million bonus, and reinstate Gill in his former role</a>. Though litigation remains pending, at least for now, it seems that Subnautica 2 is able to move forward with one of its primary drivers back at the wheel. Krafton itself appears to be on board with releasing Subnautica 2, as indicated by a statement shared with IGN today:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>With at least this much resolved, this hopefully means we'll start seeing even more meaningful updates about what's to come in Subnautica 2 in May. Just last month, the studio <a href="https://www.ign.com/videos/subnautica-2-official-diving-together-in-multiplayer-developer-overview-video" target="_blank">released a video</a> about implementing co-op multiplayer, and last fall it <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/amid-legal-drama-over-250-million-bonus-new-developer-vlog-shows-work-on-subnautica-2-continues" target="_blank">showed off a new deep-sea predator</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Got a story tip? Send it to <a href="mailto:rvalentine@ign.com">rvalentine@ign.com</a>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/subnautica-2-will-finally-enter-early-access-in-may-following-year-of-delays-and-legal-drama" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 70531, member: 1"] [IMG]https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/09/17/screenshot-2025-09-17-at-10-50-08-1758102619503.png[/IMG] Subnautica 2 is entering early access at last. IGN can exclusively reveal that both developer Unknown Worlds and publisher Krafton have agreed the game is ready for its early access release in May on Xbox and PC, though an exact date hasn't been provided just yet. Unknown Worlds head Steve Papoutsis shared the following message with the Subnautica 2 team today: This comes as a major victory for Unknown Worlds on the heels of its developers achieving a significant victory in a legal battle with publisher Krafton. Last year, CEO Ted Gill and other senior team members were [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/subnautica-2-developers-entire-leadership-team-replaced-in-shock-move-krafton-said-will-bring-renewed-energy-and-momentum']unexpectedly fired from the studio[/URL] and the game's launch was delayed, with Krafton alleging that Gill and his colleagues [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/krafton-responds-to-ex-subnautica-2-leads-lawsuit-saying-they-resorted-to-litigation-to-demand-a-payday-they-havent-earned']were "checked out" and had failed to deliver a game that was ready for early access[/URL]. The fired leaders [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/former-subnautica-2-leaders-accuse-krafton-of-hindering-games-release-firing-them-to-avoid-paying-250-million-bonus']filed a lawsuit[/URL], claiming Krafton was trying to get out of its obligation to pay out a $250 million bonus split between the entire team that would have kicked in if Subnautica 2 released on time. The ongoing legal drama in the ensuing months included severe claims on both sides, including the suggestion that [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/fired-subnautica-2-founders-claim-krafton-ceo-used-chatgpt-to-brainstorm-ways-to-avoid-paying-250m-bonus-and-discussed-a-takeover-over-company-slack-messages']Krafton CEO Changhan Kim had used ChatGPT to "brainstorm ways to avoid paying" Unknown Worlds' bonus[/URL], and that [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/korea-they-are-the-joe-pesci-of-countries-krafton-alleges-former-subnautica-ceo-referenced-racist-views-toward-korea-and-korean-people-as-trial-comes-to-an-end-drafts-in-former-bioware-boss-as-expert-industry-witness']the fired leaders had "referenced racist views toward Korea and Korean people"[/URL]. However, just yesterday, a [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/judge-slams-subnautica-2-publisher-krafton-in-victory-for-fired-workers-orders-company-reinstate-boss-and-extend-250-million-bonus']judge ordered Krafton to extend the deadline on the conditions for the $250 million bonus, and reinstate Gill in his former role[/URL]. Though litigation remains pending, at least for now, it seems that Subnautica 2 is able to move forward with one of its primary drivers back at the wheel. Krafton itself appears to be on board with releasing Subnautica 2, as indicated by a statement shared with IGN today: With at least this much resolved, this hopefully means we'll start seeing even more meaningful updates about what's to come in Subnautica 2 in May. Just last month, the studio [URL='https://www.ign.com/videos/subnautica-2-official-diving-together-in-multiplayer-developer-overview-video']released a video[/URL] about implementing co-op multiplayer, and last fall it [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/amid-legal-drama-over-250-million-bonus-new-developer-vlog-shows-work-on-subnautica-2-continues']showed off a new deep-sea predator[/URL]. [I]Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Got a story tip? Send it to [email]rvalentine@ign.com[/email].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/subnautica-2-will-finally-enter-early-access-in-may-following-year-of-delays-and-legal-drama"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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