Tuesday, April 14th 2026 Subnautica 2 Ditches Krafton As Publisher Following Legal Drama With Unknown Worlds Higher Ups by Cpt.Jank Today, 22:35 Discuss (0 ) By now, the legal debacle between the founders of Subnautica developer, Unknown Worlds, and Krafton, the studio's parent company and the game's now-former publisher, is public knowledge, with the situation ultimately culminating in the ousted founder and CEO of Unknown Worlds being reinstated by a judge in a recent legal decision. Following that legal drama and a Subnautica 2 release date leak, which was heavily criticized by the returning founder Ted Gill, it appears as though Unknown Worlds has broken with Krafton as the publisher for Subnautica 2. A quick look at the survival game's Steam Store page reveals that Unknown Worlds Entertainment is now listed as both the developer and the publisher of Subnautica 2. The same is true for the game's Epic Games Store page, where the publisher now also reads Unknown Worlds Entertainment. It's a rather curious turn of events, given the nature of the relationship between Krafton and Unknown Worlds—Krafton being Unknown Worlds's parent company—and it brings up questions about the destiny of the game developer. At this point, it's unclear who cut who loose, but it remains to be seen how Unknown Worlds will handle the launch now that there is no dedicated publisher. It probably helps that Unknown Worlds is very deep into the development process for Subnautica 2, with the studio previously commenting that the game was ready for launch in 2025 already. In March 2025, however, the studio commented that the Early Access version of the game would not be a complete experience. Source: Subnautica 2 on Steam Related News Tags: development early access Game Gaming Krafton Launch publishing Steam Store Subnautica Subnautica 2 Unknown Worlds Dec 17th 2025 Half-Life 3 May Launch Alongside Steam Machine in Early 2026 (78) Sep 29th 2025 EA's New Owner Plans AI Pivot 'To Significantly Cut Operating Costs'— Report (39) Mar 18th 2026 Game Developers "Found Out At the Same Time as the Public" About NVIDIA DLSS 5 (50) Mar 14th 2026 Keychron Launches $59.99 C0 HE 8K One-Handed Gaming Keyboard (24) Mar 6th 2026 Xbox Project Helix Officially Tipped As Next-Gen Console, Will "Play Your Xbox and PC Games" (47) Apr 10th 2026 Epic Games Plans Standalone Disney-Themed Extraction Shooter Similar to Arc Raiders (34) Mar 19th 2026 Reinstated Unknown Worlds CEO Bashes Leaked Subnautica 2 May Early Access Launch Memo (16) Mar 20th 2026 Early Crimson Desert Reviews Cast Doubt on Hyped Open-World Adventure Game (19) Feb 28th 2026 Ubisoft Reworks Assassin's Creed Hexe Combat Deep Into Development, 2027 Launch Likely (16) Feb 5th 2026 Wardogs: New 100-Player Tactical FPS Gets Trailer and Steam Page (7) Add your own on Subnautica 2 Ditches Krafton As Publisher Following Legal Drama With Unknown Worlds Higher Ups There are no yet.
