Subnautica 2 Publishers accuses Krafta in the statement by delay, saying that they are “abandoned responsibilities”

The drama of the delay in SUBNAutica 2, now studied, being “abandoned responsibilities” in the game, ensuring that they focused on personal projects, rather than complying with contracted roles and the delay in the game.

In the published statement, Krafton has declared that Charlie Cleveland and the founders of the Unknown World Max McGuire has made “multiple requests” as a “technical director, but both refused. “Especially after the defeat of the moon, Charlie said to be dedicated to the development of Charlie 2. However, instead of participating in the development of the game, he chose to pay attention to a personal cinema project. “Krafton believes that the shortcomings of the nucleus leadership has caused significant delays in the general program of the project.”

Krafton also refers to a $ 250 million voucher that ordered the development team, which would pay only a few months if he gets the goals of income. For each Kraft, 90% of this bonus directly went to Cleveland, McGuire and the General Manager before removing the project.

Statements for all staff of unknown workers of Kraft “compensation and equal workers … and we confirm our commitment to give prizes.”

The full content of the statement is as follows:

Our 12 million subnauts,

– Projects The leadership change promoted by the abandonment was unavoidable, 90% of them earned

First, thank you so much for your support, passion and unjust dedication. In unknown world, we want to give clarity on the last leadership changes in unknown worlds, the founder of Krafton.

Background for leadership change

Krafton is deeply served in the unique creativity of the subnautic and the world’s immersive construction. To offer fans better recreational experience, we acquired unknown world, we are committed to the future success of the subsection. We collaborated with the studio leadership, in the center of the creation of the original Subnautics to promote the perfect environment for successful subnautics.

Specifically, in addition to $ 500 million in purchase price, we gave about 90% of $ 250 million receipts.

However, unfortunately, the former leadership set aside the responsibilities prescribed there. Subnautica 2 was originally planned to launch early 2024, but since then the timeline has been significantly delayed. Krafton made many applications to Charlie and Max, as the director of the game and technical director to start their roles again, but they both refused. In particular, after the moon failure, Krafton asked Charlie to subnautics 2. To dedicate development. However, instead of participating in the development of the game, he chose to focus on a personal cinema project.

Krafton believes that the lack of leadership in the nucleus has been in the direction of the General Schedule of the project and has had significant delays.

The current version of early access is short, regarding the volume of contents.

We are disappointed in leadership behaviors, and above all, we feel a deep sense of betraying for honor of the confidence placed by our fans.

Full support for the development group dedicated by Krafton

It is likely that we offer the best game experience to protect our commitment, we got the most difficult decision to change the executive management. It has been subnautica 2 and has been actively developed by a dedicated basic team that shares the real passion of the game, responsibility and commitment to the game. We respect their specialization and creativity and we will continue to provide full and different support so that you deserve to be based on the extra game.

Commitment to Promies in Rewarding Workers

In addition, Krafton has committed to compensation and equality with all unknown staff who have contributed to the development of Subnautics 2. We believe that the dedication and effort of this group are in the heart of the constant evolution of the subnautical, and we confirm our commitment to give them awards.

Fans will always be at the heart of all the decisions we do in Krafton. By advancing, we promise to develop transparent communication and efforts, to develop and disseminate the beloved universe of subnautics.

Tribute to your trust and expectations is the basic basis of Krafton. We are committed to returning patient experience even more extraordinary and extraordinary.

2. Subnautics The entire leadership team was replaced last week Steve Papoutis was striking that Steve Papoutis owner Krafton, and the game was delayed to 2026. The substitute came as Cleveland ‘shock ” Reddit claimed in a post soon after removed 2. The subduery was “ready for early liberation,” the decision was in the hands of Kraft and the decision to remove it and the rest of the stems “.

This is a Bloomberg Report This decision was decided that the $ 250 million voucher was paid to the team, who expected employees from hundreds of thousands of dollars were seven figures. In a IGN statement at the time, Krafton claimed that the delay was the response of PlayTester’s opinion, and it has nothing to do with “any contract or financials”. Concerns concerning the removal of three leadership members and denying bonuses to employees, Fans started organizing the boycotts of the game on social media.

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