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Ted Gill's lawyers say the release date reveal, which he wasn't aware of, is "'further damaging the game and sowing additional confusion."
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The twisting tale of Krafton, Unknown Worlds, and Subnautica 2 has taken a hard left turn as Game File reports that newly restored Unknown Worlds CEO Ted Gill has "serious concerns" about Subnautica's early access release in May.
All of this will make more sense if you know what's happened previously, so let's cover that first:
So it's a happy ending: Gill, the former CEO of Unknown Worlds, is back in the big chair, he's free to bring back fellow studio honchos Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire, and the deadline to earn that big payout is extended as well, to September 15.
But then, the twist: The day after the ruling, Krafton revealed that Subnautica 2 would roll out into early access in May. It looked to me like the white flag going up, as the statement from soon-to-be-former Unknown Worlds chief Steve Papoutsis said "we look forward to working with Ted Gill to support a smooth transition and work toward a successful launch," suggesting that Krafton would not challenge the ruling that put him back in the CEO position.
Gill and his lawyers see it differently, however. In a letter sent to Vice Chancellor Lori Will of Delaware’s Court of Chancery, they said Papoutsis didn't have the authority to set an early access release target for Subnautica 2 after the order putting Gill back in the role, and that by doing so, Krafton has sabotaged the "marketing activity, fanfare, and community coordination" that typically surrounds such announcements, "further damaging the game and sowing additional confusion among the Subnautica community."
Krafton lawyers replied that, timing aside, the message was simply "celebrating" a decision that Krafton had made prior to the ruling and thanking the development team for their hard work, and that as CEO, Gill is free to change that release target if he wants to. But this is also an issue: In a subsequent filing, Gill's legal team said Unknown Worlds has been working on the game for months under the direction of someone who has no experience with Subnautica or early access releases, and he has no idea where the game actually stands right now; on top of that, he also has to deal with everything involved in the lead-up to launch "with the axe of fan disappointment hanging over his...Read more: Full article on www.pcgamer.com
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The twisting tale of Krafton, Unknown Worlds, and Subnautica 2 has taken a hard left turn as Game File reports that newly restored Unknown Worlds CEO Ted Gill has "serious concerns" about Subnautica's early access release in May.
All of this will make more sense if you know what's happened previously, so let's cover that first:
So it's a happy ending: Gill, the former CEO of Unknown Worlds, is back in the big chair, he's free to bring back fellow studio honchos Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire, and the deadline to earn that big payout is extended as well, to September 15.
But then, the twist: The day after the ruling, Krafton revealed that Subnautica 2 would roll out into early access in May. It looked to me like the white flag going up, as the statement from soon-to-be-former Unknown Worlds chief Steve Papoutsis said "we look forward to working with Ted Gill to support a smooth transition and work toward a successful launch," suggesting that Krafton would not challenge the ruling that put him back in the CEO position.
Gill and his lawyers see it differently, however. In a letter sent to Vice Chancellor Lori Will of Delaware’s Court of Chancery, they said Papoutsis didn't have the authority to set an early access release target for Subnautica 2 after the order putting Gill back in the role, and that by doing so, Krafton has sabotaged the "marketing activity, fanfare, and community coordination" that typically surrounds such announcements, "further damaging the game and sowing additional confusion among the Subnautica community."
Krafton lawyers replied that, timing aside, the message was simply "celebrating" a decision that Krafton had made prior to the ruling and thanking the development team for their hard work, and that as CEO, Gill is free to change that release target if he wants to. But this is also an issue: In a subsequent filing, Gill's legal team said Unknown Worlds has been working on the game for months under the direction of someone who has no experience with Subnautica or early access releases, and he has no idea where the game actually stands right now; on top of that, he also has to deal with everything involved in the lead-up to launch "with the axe of fan disappointment hanging over his...Read more: Full article on www.pcgamer.com
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