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Subnautica 2's Leadership Team Was Let Go Because They "Abandoned The Responsibilities Entrusted To Them", Claims Krafton

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Over the past week, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds and publisher Krafton have been embroiled in some pretty intense drama, following the removꦺal of co-founders Ted Gill, Charl🎃ie Cleveland, and Max McGuire. At the time, n♑ot much information was known about why the trio were let go, which led to a lot of speculation online.

Yesterday, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:before Subnautica 2's official delay🃏 into 2026, a new report from Bloomberg claimed that Krafton had chosen to delay the title just months before it was due to pay ♎Unknown Wo🐬rlds a $250 million bonus as part of its acquisition agreement in 2021. It was never claimed that this was the sole reason for the delay, but co-founder Charlie Cleveland's comment that 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Subnautica 2 wa𝓡s "ready" for Early 𒁃Access stirred the pot some more.

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Krafton eventually came out and stated that the bonus payout was not the reason for the delay, and in a🅘 statement sent to TheGamer, it has now gone into more detail surrounding the reasons behind the game's delay and leadership struggles. In the statement, Krafton claims that Gill, Cleveꦯland, and McGuire were removed as they "abandoned the responsibilities entrusted to them".

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It's explained that Su🌊bnautica 2's early access release was originally planned for Early 2024, but that the "timeline has since been significantly delayed". Kr💟afton claims that both McGuire and Cleveland were asked to stay on board, but declined, while the publisher also claims that Cleveland began working on a personal film project after the failure of Moonbreaker, despite asking him to devote himself to development of Subnautica 2.

"Krafton believes that the absence of core leadership has resulted in repeated confusion in direction and significant delays in the overall project schedule. We are deeply disappointed by the former leadership’s conduct, and above all, we feel a profoun🎃d sense of betrayal by their failure to honor the trust placed in them by our fans."

Krafton also believes that the current version of Subnautica 2 "falls🍨 short in terms of content volume", which it probably feels is the main reason behind the delay. It also once again explains that Subnautica 2 is being developed by the same team, and that the publisher has reaffirmed its "commi꧑tment to provide the rewards [the developers] were promised."