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- Krafton and Unknown Worlds co-founders were involved in a legal dispute over a $250 million bonus tied to the sales targets of Subnautica 2.
- The co-founders accused Krafton of exploring strategies, including using ChatGPT, to avoid paying the bonus due to development delays.
- Krafton refuted the accusations and alleged that one of the founders instructed the others to delete their ChatGPT history to conceal evidence.
- The dispute involved claims of lack of engagement in game production by the co-founders, as well as accusations of improperly obtaining confidential documents.
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Krafton’s Alleged Contract Evasion Attempt via ChatGPT and Bonus Dispute
In 2025, the co-founders of Unknown Worlds accused Krafton of firing them to avoid paying a $250 million bonus tied to Subnautica 2 sales targets. According to Kotaku, this accusation led to a legal battle that summer, with the co-founders—Charles Cleveland, Adam McGuire, and Edward Gill—submitting a pretrial brief containing new evidence to support their claims. The co-founders alleged that Krafton, fearing they would have to pay the bonus due to development delays, explored strategies—including using ChatGPT—to circumvent the payment. The co-founders planned to use court documents to demonstrate that Krafton sought to cancel the bonus by either seizing control of the studio or diminishing their bonuses. Their lawyers aimed to prove that Krafton believed it had overpaid for Unknown Worlds and subsequently attempted to evade its contractual obligations, even consulting ChatGPT for solutions. In response, Krafton presented a different narrative. Krafton refuted these accusations, alleging that Cleveland instructed the other two founders to delete their ChatGPT history to conceal evidence. Krafton stated that their actions were justified by the three founders’ lack of engagement in game production and accused them of improperly obtaining confidential documents from both companies.
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