The Subnautica 2 drama has, perhaps, been one of the most high-profile cases in a long time. After publisher Krafton confirmed that it was moving towards an AI-first development approach, we saw the surprise replacement of  key members of the Unknown Worlds staff team, including co-founders Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire, as well as president Ted Gill. Krafton claimed that “the former leadership abandoned the responsibilities entrusted to them,” claiming that Cleveland was distracted by a “personal film project” and that “the absence of core leadership resulted in repeated confusion in direction and significant delays in the overall project schedule.”

 Unknown Worlds is listed as both publisher and developer on the official Subnautica 2 Steam page, with Krafton seemingly nowhere in sight.  PCGamesN