But it’s a miracle Subnautica 2 is launching at all
by Sammy Barker
Subnautica 2’s road to release may be more interesting than the game itself.
Unless you’ve been living under water, you’ll know ex-publisher Krafton and maker Unknown Worlds got caught up in a bitter dispute, resulting in the ejection of the dev’s CEO and so much more.
Eventually, a judge sided with the San Francisco studio, and there’s zero mention of the Korean giant anywhere in this new trailer. In fact, fired CEO Ted Gill is quoted in the press release, now he’s presumably back to work.
Madness!
“We’re excited for players to experience Subnautica 2, beginning 14th May,” he said. “Our team cannot wait to hear your feedback as the game evolves throughout Early Access.”
As mentioned above, the game will launch in Early Access in just two weeks, where it’ll presumably become one of the biggest titles on the planet.
Subnautica 2 has been sitting pretty as Steam’s most wishlisted game for eons now, and while that doesn’t always convert into sales… Well, in this instance we honestly wouldn’t rule out some massive numbers.
The catch in all this, of course, is that Sony’s a bit weird with Early Access games. There are examples of it bending its rules to release them, but generally it prefers finished products on the PS Store.
All that means Subnautica 2 will debut on PC and Xbox Series X|S on 14th May, but you’re going to have to sit real tight for the PS5 release.
The good news is that we expect this game to come to Sony’s console eventually, and it’ll be the complete, finished version when it does. We may have to do another run through the original and its Below Zero spin-off while we wait.
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As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.
