{"id":363879,"date":"2026-03-17T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T20:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=413577"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:50:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T20:50:05","slug":"krafton-must-rehire-the-creators-of-subnautica-2-and-pay-them-250-million-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/krafton-must-rehire-the-creators-of-subnautica-2-and-pay-them-250-million-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"Krafton must rehire the creators of Subnautica 2 and pay them 250 million dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The development of Subnautica 2 has become a hot topic in the video game industry, caught in a legal dispute between Krafton, <strong>the South Korean parent company, and three former executives of Unknown Worlds, the studio behind the successful original title<\/strong>. As this conflict intensifies, a judge has ruled that Krafton breached agreements by unjustly firing these executives in an apparent attempt to avoid paying a $250 million bonus.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ChatGPT made a mistake<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>According to the legal resolution published on March 16, the former CEO of Unknown Worlds, Ted Gill, has regained his position and operational control over the project, allowing him to manage the early access of Subnautica 2. <strong>This is crucial, as the game still does not have a defined release date<\/strong>. Early access was expected to begin in 2026, but the effects of the dispute on this timeline remain uncertain for players.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Subnautica 2 - &quot;Take a Deep Breath&quot; (Gameplay Reveal Teaser)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oK5Nr1VtJ9Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The judge supported the accusations that Krafton acted improperly by dismissing these key employees, which could result in compensation if the game&#8217;s management leads to a drastic decrease in revenue. <strong>This outcome is significant, especially considering that internal forecasts indicated that Subnautica 2 could generate considerable revenue<\/strong>, which fueled Krafton&#8217;s fear of facing the corresponding bonus payment.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>In a surprising turn, it was reported that the CEO of Krafton had consulted with an artificial intelligence chatbot about strategies to gain control of Unknown Worlds, adding a layer of intrigue to the case.<strong> Although no official statement has been issued regarding the current situation of the game, the community remains alert for any news that may arise in the coming days<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Steam\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/3047d89c-96d0-11e6-8546-00163ed833e7\/2505233623\/steam-download.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Steam<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The development of Subnautica 2 has become a hot topic in the video game industry, caught in a legal dispute between Krafton, the South Korean parent company, and three former executives of Unknown Worlds, the studio behind the successful original title. As this conflict intensifies, a judge has ruled that Krafton breached agreements by unjustly firing these executives in an apparent attempt to avoid paying a $250 million bonus. ChatGPT was wrong According to the legal ruling published on March 16, the former CEO of Unknown Worlds, Ted Gill, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":363885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[6530,23587,23588,5062,23589,3885,7105,6256,13397,13398],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-363879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-acceso-anticipado","tag-despido-injustificado","tag-disputa-legal","tag-fecha-de-lanzamiento","tag-ingresos-del-juego","tag-inteligencia-artificial","tag-krafton","tag-subnautica-2","tag-ted-gill","tag-unknown-worlds","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363879"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":363891,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363879\/revisions\/363891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363879"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=363879"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=363879"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=363879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}