Subnautica 2 Early Access Release Date Confirmed, Here’s What’s Included

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Subnautica 2 Early Access Release Date Confirmed, Here’s What’s Included

Subnautica 2 is finally ready to go live into early acces despite some ongoing tension between its developer and publisher.

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Fans of the Subnautica series can finally look forward to diving into the early access launch of Subnautica 2 in just a couple of weeks.

Subnautica 2 goes into early access on may 14

Subnautica has been the premier ocean exploration series since it began in 2018. After the first game achieved critical praise and grew a sizable following, developer and publisher Unknown Worlds Entertainment followed up with a spin-off in 2021 with Subnautica: Below Zero. Two years later, it announced it’s working on a full sequel to the first game, Subnautica 2.

This time around, Unknown Worlds is now a subsidiary of South Korean game publisher Krafton, known for helping release The Callisto Protocol and saving the former Xbox Game Studios team behind Hi-Fi Rush, Tango Gameworks, from shutdown in 2024. However, there has been some tension between Unknown Worlds and Krafton........

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