Subnautica 2 publisher accused of using ChatGPT to avoid paying studio cofounders. Krafton, the video game publisher behind PUBG: Battlegrounds and inZOI, is being sued by the Unknown Worlds’ cofounders, the studio behind Subnautica 2. The three co-founders, Cleveland, Adam “Max” McGuire, and Edward “Ted” Gill, have been suing Krafton over claims the publisher wrongly terminated them to avoid paying a $250 million bonus if Subnautica 2 hit certain sales milestones. Krafton acquired Unknown Worlds as part of the publisher’s purchase of Chinese publisher Perfect World. Back in July, Krafton fired the three co-founders of Unknown Worlds, seemingly out of the blue, replacing them with Steve Papoutsis (The Callisto Protocol, Dead Space). The Unknown Worlds cofounders have claimed in new filings, based on information that came to light during the legal process, that Krafton engineered a takeover after it failed to re-negotiate lower bonuses. “Krafton terminated the Founders and seized contro...