{"id":329467,"date":"2026-05-05T09:30:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=329467"},"modified":"2026-05-05T09:30:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:00:34","slug":"subnautica-2-will-enter-early-access-in-two-weeks-following-its-long-dramatic-path-to-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/subnautica-2-will-enter-early-access-in-two-weeks-following-its-long-dramatic-path-to-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Subnautica 2 Will Enter Early Access in Two Weeks, Following Its Long, Dramatic Path to Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s been a protracted road for developer Unknown Worlds in getting <em>Subnautica 2<\/em> out the door, but that destination is sort of here. An unexpected drama unfolded last 12 months when the previous publisher, Krafton, fired Unknown Worlds\u2019 co-founders and technical director, accusing them of an \u201cabsence of core leadership.\u201d The three individuals alleged that this move was made in order that Krafton could delay the sport\u2019s early access, thus avoiding a $250 million bonus payout to the developers, but this may not be the tip of the story for Unknown World\u2019s try to get the sport out the door.<\/p>\n<p>Per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/subnautica-2-early-access-starts-in-may-in-the-wake-of-the-developer-and-publishers-legal-dispute\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">VGC<\/a>, a Delaware court ruled in favor of the developers, declaring that Krafton reinstate Unkown World\u2019s co-founder Ted Gill as its CEO and be given full access to the corporate\u2019s Steam platform. The drama continued because the CEO Krafton had replaced Gill, and immediately announced to staff that the sport can be entering early access in May, something that Gill and other co-founders, Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire, disagreed had the authority to do per the court ruling, and are reportedly pursuing legal options.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, at the foundation of all of it is the sequel game, which is officially entering early access on May 14 for $29.99 on Steam. A brand new cinematic trailer has been released together with PC hardware requirements and the <a href=\"https:\/\/unknownworlds.com\/en\/news\/subnautica-2-cinematic-trailer-release-date\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">launch map<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Subnautica 2 Early Access Cinematic Trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8EZhCzFaQuw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Subnautica 2 Early Access Cinematic Trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8EZhCzFaQuw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited today to debut the Subnautica 2 Early Access cinematic trailer<\/p>\n<p>And, in case you stuck around until the tip of the trailer, you now know that\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Subnautica 2 will enter Early Access on\u00a0May 14th, 2026, at 08:00 PDT \/ 15:00 UTC.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve put together a handy map to indicate the precise date and time we&#8217;ll launch Early Access all over the world!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><cite>\u2013 Unknown Worlds<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thefpsreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN_2_EA_Launch_Times.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thefpsreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN_2_EA_Launch_Times.webp 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.thefpsreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN_2_EA_Launch_Times-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thefpsreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN_2_EA_Launch_Times-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thefpsreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN_2_EA_Launch_Times-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thefpsreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN_2_EA_Launch_Times-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.thefpsreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN_2_EA_Launch_Times-150x84.webp 150w, https:\/\/cdn.thefpsreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN_2_EA_Launch_Times-696x392.webp 696w, https:\/\/cdn.thefpsreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN_2_EA_Launch_Times-1068x601.webp 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cYou&#8217;ll only have to buy Subnautica 2 once during Early Access. You\u2019ll get all additions, updates, and hotfixes as much as our 1.0 launch and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><cite>-Unknown Worlds<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Very like the primary game, which became an enormous success from the indie developer, the subsequent game doesn\u2019t appear to require hefty hardware to play. Ultra+ settings need either NVIDIA RTX 6070 Ti or AMD RX 7900XTX, but otherwise an RTX 3070 or AMD RX 6700XT are on the advisable list. Generally speaking, most hardware released within the last 5 years or so should find a way to play the sport at 60 FPS 1440p.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thefpsreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN_2_2026_PC_Specs.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thefpsreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN_2_2026_PC_Specs.webp 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.thefpsreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN_2_2026_PC_Specs-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thefpsreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN_2_2026_PC_Specs-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thefpsreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN_2_2026_PC_Specs-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thefpsreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN_2_2026_PC_Specs-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.thefpsreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN_2_2026_PC_Specs-150x84.webp 150w, https:\/\/cdn.thefpsreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN_2_2026_PC_Specs-696x392.webp 696w, https:\/\/cdn.thefpsreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SN_2_2026_PC_Specs-1068x601.webp 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.thefpsreview.com\/threads\/19651\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Join the discussion in The FPS Review Forums&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a protracted road for developer Unknown Worlds in getting Subnautica 2 out the door, but that destination is sort of here. An unexpected drama unfolded last 12 months when the previous publisher, Krafton, fired Unknown Worlds\u2019 co-founders and technical director, accusing them of an \u201cabsence of core leadership.\u201d The three individuals alleged that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":329468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[4290,8651,2591,10245,2413,3846,1905,33393,2480],"class_list":["post-329467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","tag-access","tag-dramatic","tag-early","tag-enter","tag-long","tag-path","tag-release","tag-subnautica","tag-weeks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329467"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329470,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329467\/revisions\/329470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}