THE FUSE

Unknown Worlds’ cofounders were fired out of the blue earlier this year and have been suing publisher Krafton ever since claiming it wrongly terminated them to avoid paying a $250 million bonus if Subnautica 2 hit certain sales milestones. The studio’s cofounders now claim in new filings based on discovery during the legal process that Krafton engineered a takeover only after it failed re-negotiate lower bonuses. The publisher’s CEO allegedly even consulted ChatGPT to try and get out of the massive payout.