Overview
- Krafton submitted new papers after a September 12 hearing where its request to force device turnover was blocked, combining a motion for relief with an opposition to the founders’ motion to compel.
- An affidavit from Alvarez & Marsal says Google audit logs show rapid, large-scale downloads in June and July 2025, including 72,140 events tied to Charlie Cleveland’s account and 99,902 to Max McGuire’s account.
- Krafton’s filing alleges exports of hundreds of Subnautica Maya (.ma) files it characterizes as effectively a development blueprint, along with financials, staffing plans, and Moonbreaker materials.
- The former leaders deny wrongdoing and argue they had an absolute right to copy company files in their roles as directors.
- Krafton says it offered to extend a $250 million earn-out if the executives returned, alleges they threatened to self-publish Subnautica 2, and continues to seek preservation orders and a court-mandated forensic examination as the case proceeds in Delaware Chancery.