Subnautica 2: The sequel has been christened, there”s new info and the developer has to reassure fans

Subnautica developer Unknown Worlds confirms the title of the sequel and co-op multiplayer in parallel with the fame rescue. In addition they reveal extra info in an interview

It has been identified for fairly a while {that a} new installment within the Subnautica sequence is within the works. What’s model new, nevertheless, is that it’s to be a recreation based mostly on the “games-as-a-service” precept and Subnautica 2 shall be known as

The place the title comes as little shock, fans reacted criticallyto the primary supposedly new info. It got here to gentle by means of a monetary report from the writer of the title, Krafton. It has since been deleted

Unknown Worlds has been pressured to make clear just a few issues relating to the obvious new 

in gentle of the outrage on social media.

We additionally clarify what you’ll be able to count on from Subnautica 2. As a result of an entire load of recent info has additionally been revealed.

Koop-Subnautica and all-clear

Per X, previously Twitter, address their community and in addition link a short post in the official forumthe place they clarify:

Subnautica 2, the whole lot as common: In an interview with the YouTube channel Anthomnia the president of Unknown Worlds, Charlie Cleveland, additionally confirms the title: Subnautica 2. This was additionally already on the slide of the monetary report. Within the interview above, he additionally confirms that the cost mannequin is not going to change

In response to the standpoint expressed within the interview, the writer appears to have overshot the mark right here with the intention to make the acquainted Subnautica enterprise mannequin extra worthwhile for traders.

When is the brand new Subnautica coming?  The Early Entry launch remains to be deliberate for the primary half of 2025. However there shall be way more info later in 2024

Deleted, however not gone: Though the monetary report is not out there on-line, it has been preserved for posterity. For instance, all of the related passages can be viewed in a video on the YouTube channel The Last Bacon.

What else has been confirmed for Subnautica 2?

Unknown Worlds now describes and confirms the co-op multiplayer for the primary time. The following Subnautica will be playable with as much as three different folks collectively. However the focus is not going to be on this

Location: The following installment within the sequence is not going to happen on the water planet 4546B, however within the waters of a totally new alien world. And based on statements from the interview, the distinction to the identified world will most likely be drastic.

Extra particulars on the graphics of Subnautica 2

A element in regards to the graphics can be revealed, which is supported by the picture from the start of the information. In response to Charlie Cleveland, that is an in-game picture rendered in actual time  And Krafton wrote down the next for his traders: Content material is about exploring a powerful ocean world, rendered in stylized visuals utilizing Unreal Engine 5.

Not photorealistic: As a result of though Subnautica and the spin-off Under Zero are stunning video games, neither of them tried to attain state-of-the-art graphic requirements, as an alternative sticking to a high-quality however simplified look.

So the brand new spin-off will definitely flex its ocean muscle groups on a brand new technical degree, however the visible relationship to its predecessors ought to stay intact.

Talking of huge muscle groups: When you watch the video to the top, Youtuber Anthomnia exhibits you one thing gigantic. Within the screenshot, there could also be a big crab hiding within the background – one of many new leviathans?

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