Unknown Worlds

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Unknown Worlds Entertainment is an American video game developer founded in 2001 by Charlie Cleveland, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The studio is best known for Natural Selection and the Subnautica underwater survival series, and was acquired by South Korean publisher Krafton in October 2021.

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Subnautica 2 Dev Reveals What to Expect From Upcoming Early Access 1.1 Update2026-06-05
Google Play Store Deletes Clone Of Nintendo’s Tomodachi Life After It Gets Over 50,000 Downloadsin newsletter2026-06-03
I'm glad they didn't release Subnautica 2 all at once—the episodic early access structure has me even more excited to explore its alien ocean2026-05-26
I'm glad they didn't release Subnautica 2 all at once—the episodic early access structure has me even more excited to explore its alien ocean2026-05-25
Subnautica 2 Early Access Hotfix 1 Released, 'Adjustments' to Controversial Terms of Service Promised2026-05-21
Subnautica 2 already has huge concurrent player counts and has swum to 2 million sales2026-05-18
Subnautica 2's early access roadmap promises quality-of-life additions, co-op improvements, and—eventually—new biomes and creatures2026-05-18
Subnautica 2 Dev Reveals Early Access Roadmap, Teases New Region, New Vehicle, and Next Chapter of the Story2026-05-18
Subnautica 2 sells 1 million copies in its first hour, and I have to imagine the CEO of Krafton is pouring himself a very stiff drink right about now2026-05-15
Subnautica 2 already has huge concurrent player counts and has swum to 2 million sales2026-05-15
Subnautica 2 pulls over 370,000 concurrent players in its first 30 minutes on Steam as it cannonballs into early access2026-05-15
Subnautica 2 makes a splash with 2 million copies sold in 12 hours, 18,000 positive Steam reviews, and 651,000 concurrent players across PC and Xbox2026-05-15
Subnautica 2 Is Already Making Waves, Selling 2 Million Copies in Just 12 Hours2026-05-15
Subnautica 2 Sells Over 1 Million Copies In Less Than Two Hours2026-05-15
Subnautica 2 has sold 2 million copies in 12 hours, with 9x the players as the first, and at this point I figure that Krafton CEO is already on his second bottle2026-05-15
Subnautica 2 devs say it's 'bigger and more polished' than any of the studio's previous early access launches2026-05-14
Subnautica 2 is already "bigger and more polished" than anything Unknown Worlds has put into Steam Early Access, lead devs say, and it'll only continue to grow2026-05-14
Subnautica 2 Is The Latest Big Game To Seemingly Leak Days Before Launch2026-05-13
Subnautica 2 Global Release Times, Preload Details Confirmed2026-05-13
Subnautica 2 release date and launch times2026-05-13

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