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21.11.2023 - 10:46 / wccftech.com / Chris Wray
A new Subnautica game is under development at San Francisco-based developer Unknown Worlds Entertainment for a planned release in the first half of 2025. The news comes from the recent Q3 2023 earnings report issued by KRAFTON, the company behind PUBG. As you might recall, KRAFTON acquired Unknown Worlds Entertainment in October 2021 for an undisclosed sum.
Now, the next Subnautica installment is listed as a 'major pipeline title' alongside PUBG Black Budget (an extraction shooter spin-off of Playerunknown's Battlegrounds targeting a launch in the second half of 2024) and Project Gold Rush, an action/adventure sandbox game in development at Vector North for a targeted release in the first half of 2025. KRAFTON is also looking to launch the extraction RPG Dark and Darker Mobile in the first half of 2024 and Project inZOI, a life simulation game clearly inspired by The Sims, in the second half of next year.
Subnautica's previous game launched in May 2021, earning a 7.5 score in Wccftech's review penned by Chris Wray.
Subnautica: Below Zero is an engagingly atmospheric and beautiful game. While the treacherous depths found in the first aren't as abundant here, and it certainly feels more restrictive, the new flora and fauna will challenge you and, sometimes, even make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. The creatures are wonderful, sometimes terrifyingly so. The environments are gorgeous, particularly outside of the water. Bases are still as fun to build in the first.
So is Subnautica: Below Zero worth buying? Yes, it is. The story-focused approach is still good, even if there can be an emotional disconnect between you and Robin. While the environment is somewhat more restrictive, and a fair portion moves away from the oceanic style that set Subnautica apart, it is beautiful. The base-building is still as engaging and fun as in the original, making you want to make that one last expansion. Whichever way you look at it, and regardless of any issues, this is a good game.
No sales figures were officially disclosed for Subnautica: Below Zero, but estimations based on Steam data range from 1.76 million to 2.46 million. Last year, Unknown Worlds also launched the turn-based tactical game Moonbreaker, featuring lore created by Brandon Sanderson. The game is still in early access.
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Reddit Inc. is again holding talks with potential investors for an initial public offering for the social media company, according to people familiar with the matter, as hopefuls prepare for a long-awaited reopening of the market for new listings. The San Francisco-based firm, whose users helped fuel the meme-stock frenzy that made 2021 a banner year for equities, is weighing an IPO as soon as in the first quarter, the people said. Reddit was working with Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on the listing, Bloomberg News reported last year, and was considering a valuation of as much as $15 billion.
Venom's voice actor, Tony Todd, has revealed that Spider-Man 2 was originally going to include scenes where Miles Morales was wearing a Symbiote suit, but that they got cut from the final game.
Venom being Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’s main antagonist was among the bigger reasons the game generated as much excitement in the lead-up to its launch as it did, and with the game now more than a month old, it’s fair to say that the iconic villain lived up expectations. Interestingly, however, it seems only a fraction of the voice recording that voice actor Tony Todd did for Venom made it into the final game.
A few hours ago, publisher THQ Nordic shared a new gameplay trailer for South Park: Snow Day. A cooperative action game in development at Question (the California-based studio behind the Stranger Things-like game The Blackout Club), South Park: Snow Day will launch next year on PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S|X for a price of €29.99 / $29.99 / £24.99. The premise is very simple: a blizzard has landed in town, and school is canceled for the day, allowing for all sorts of mayhem to happen.
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