Krafton settles with Subnautica 2 producer after more than $250 million dispute

After a long legal battle, Krafton settled with his growing company Unknown Worlds Entertainment. Subnautica 2and will give bonuses to the studio staff, Bloomberg reports.

The dispute began last year after Krafton fired the founders of Unknown Worlds, Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire, and its CEO, Ted Gill, ahead of a $250 million bonus for hitting financial goals that would have been shared with the studio. After the executives went to trial, a judge reinstated Gill as CEO in March, and Subnautica 2 it was finally installed in early May. The game passed four million copies were sold in five days.

Details of its implementation have not been disclosed. “Krafton, Inc., Unknown Worlds Entertainment, and Ted Gill, Charlie Cleveland, and Max McGuire have agreed and agreed to drop all pending lawsuits,” Krafton said. words to Game Maker.

Bonuses will be awarded to all Unknown Worlds employees in place of the existing ones Krafton acquired the studio in 2021and shall be paid in three installments per year, according to Bloomberg. However, Gill has left the studio. “We agreed to part ways,” Gill said Bloomberg. “New management is the best way to move the studio forward.”

Krafton did not immediately respond to a request for comment Seaside.