Krafton has announced that upcoming underwater survival sequel Subnautica 2 has been delayed to next year, but we've got a new gameplay trailer to keep us going in the meantime.
In a news post on Steam, Krafton and developer Unknown Worlds (which Krafton acquired back in 2021) say that while early player feedback convinced the studios they were "swimming in the right direction", more development time is needed to "improve" in "a few areas", as well as to provide "a little bit more content" for the Early Access release.
This new content will, according to Krafton, include "more biomes, more vehicle upgrades, additional tools", and an expanded story, as well as "more creatures to discover". Given the breadth of the biological phenomena in the original Subnautica, I'd call that a good reason for a delay.
Although Subnautica 2's Early Access release won't be happening in 2025 anymore, Krafton says it doesn't intend to change anything about the game's creative direction or the team working on it, although that presumably doesn't include the former leaders of Unknown Worlds, who left the studio earlier this month. No reason was provided for their departure.
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