Subnautica 2's former leadership team has filed a lawsuit against Krafton. The news comes as the South Korean publisher of Subnautica 2 recently issued a statement against the plaintiffs, accusing game director Charlie Cleveland and fellow Unknown Worlds ...

Since the report, Krafton has released a testy statement on the Subnautica 2 ordeal. “We are deeply disappointed by the former leadership’s conduct, and above all, we feel a profound sense of betrayal by their failure to honor the trust placed in them by our fans,” a Krafton representative told Polygon.

Krafton have accused the game's ousted leads of abandoning their duties on Subnautica 2, and co-founder Charlie Cleveland says a lawsuit's been filed.

The fallout from Krafton's firing of Unknown Worlds founders and execs last week and the delay of Subnautica 2 has already been pretty wild and messy, but

Krafton accuses former Unknown Worlds leadership of abandoning Subnautica 2, escalating a bitter dispute over bonuses, delays, and trust.

The game's developers were reportedly in line for a $250 million bonus if they had met certain revenue goals this year.

"Suing a multi-billion dollar company in a painful, public and possibly protracted way was certainly not on my bucket list."