More recent IGN archive link containing salty comments from predditors and the founder Charlie.
Quick summary is that Krafton (PUBG publishers) bought Unknown Worlds in 2021 for $500 million. They apparently agreed to a conditional bonus of a further $250 million over Subnautica 2, most of which would go to the 2 founders plus former CEO. Early 2024 came and went which was when the game was supposed to be ready for Early Access, but Krafton say it was in no fit state and that these three guys are derelict or absentee, so they're out the door with no $250m and replaced with the boss from devs of Callisto Protocol. UW guys now say they're suing, game's fine and gibsmedat. Lots of commenters are crying over evil corpos or having to wait for their wokeslop, but quite a chunk are also acknowledging that there's no smoke without fire and that anyone would get lazy for $250m.
After careful reflection, considering both sides, I will cautiously state my own conclusion that:
Karma's a bitch, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
More recent IGN archive link containing salty comments from predditors and the founder Charlie.
Quick summary is that Krafton (PUBG publishers) bought Unknown Worlds in 2021 for $500 million. They apparently agreed to a conditional bonus of a further $250 million over Subnautica 2, most of which would go to the 2 founders plus former CEO. Early 2024 came and went which was when the game was supposed to be ready for Early Access, but Krafton say it was in no fit state and that these three guys are derelict or absentee, so they're out the door with no $250m and replaced with the boss from devs of Callisto Protocol. UW guys now say they're suing, game's fine and gibsmedat. Lots of commenters are crying over evil corpos or having to wait for their wokeslop, but quite a chunk also acknowledging that there's no smoke without fire and that anyone would get lazy for $250m.
After careful reflection, considering both sides, I will cautiously state my own conclusion that:
Karma's a bitch, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA