Overview

• Unknown Worlds filed a heavily redacted complaint on August 15 in Delaware’s Court of Chancery accusing Charlie Cleveland, Max McGuire, and Ted Gill of breaching fiduciary and employment duties.
• The suit alleges the trio downloaded roughly 172,000 company files in the days before termination, including McGuire’s 99,902 files and Cleveland’s 72,140, with Gill allegedly copying his full email account.
• The studio seeks injunctions to block use or disclosure of trade secrets, the return of all confidential materials, damages, and assignment of IP created during their tenure, including scripts, code, and design files.
• The filing echoes Krafton’s claims that the former leaders disengaged from Subnautica 2’s development and pushed for an early release that the company says was not ready for Early Access.
• The countersuits follow the founders’ earlier case alleging Krafton delayed Subnautica 2 to avoid a $250 million earn‑out; Unknown Worlds is wholly owned by Krafton, and the studio’s filing was shared with press by Krafton’s PR.