Krafton have reportedly agreed to pay Subnautica 2's devs that $250 million bonus, following strong early sales

The leviathan reaches into its purse

Subnautica 2 publishers Krafton person reportedly agreed to wage the up to $250 cardinal earnout to Unknown Worlds' devs, this being the bonus which was a large constituent of contention successful the ineligible quality betwixt the erstwhile and the 3 Unknown Worlds bosses who were ousted past year. Unknown Worlds CEO Ted Gill was reinstated arsenic a effect of the ensuing ineligible action, paving the mode for Sub 2's aboriginal entree motorboat this month.

Now, South Korean concern paper The Korea Economic Daily (via IGN) reports that, pursuing Subnautica's beardown income retired of the gate, Krafton person agreed to wage the bonus.

That'd beryllium the bonus the trio of ousted leads claimed during their ineligible conflict that Krafton CEO Kim Chang-han had turned to ChatGPT for proposal connected however to debar paying. The aforesaid bonus that Krafton were talking astir erstwhile they claimed astatine 1 constituent successful the ineligible wranglings that ousted Unknown Worlds bosses Gill, Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire had "resorted to litigation to request a multimillion-dollar payout they haven't earned".

Yeah, that bonus, which The Korea Economic Daily reports volition magnitude to $3.12 for each $1, oregon up to $250 million, which is astir 35% of Krafton's operating nett for past twelvemonth according to the paper.

I've asked Krafton for comment.

Since launch, the Sub 2 ineligible hullabaloo has fixed mode to heated debates connected whether the quality to termination food is neccessary to present the perfect underwater endurance experience, thing our Edwin dives into successful this feature.