Subnautica 2 Images and Gameplay Appear to Have Leaked Online, Just Days After Forza Horizon 6 and LEGO Batman Suffered Leaks of Their Own
- Aquatic survival adventure Subnautica enters Early Access tomorrow, May 14, 2026, on PC and Xbox Series; players can currently pre-order and preload via Steam and the Epic Games Store.
- Developer Unknown Worlds Entertainment and publisher Krafton battled in court after the developer was denied a $250 million payout following a July 2025 delay; courts sided with Unknown Worlds in March.
- Despite the resolution, Subnautica has leaked roughly 48 hours before its official release, with files for a build circulating online and users reporting screenshots appearing across various communities.
- This incident follows similar pre-release leaks for Forza Horizon and LEGO Batman; yesterday, Playground Games warned that playing leaked builds risks incurring "franchise-wide and hardware bans."
- The title launches straight into Game Pass as a headline May release, where players will explore an uncharted ocean planet as the Alterra Corporation ship Cicada goes off course.
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Subnautica 2 confirms playable but ‘incomplete development versions’ leaked online
People are either really, really eager for Subnautica 2’s arrival, or there’s someone out there who’s trying to make the game look bad in light of its legal kerfuffle with Krafton. In any case, it looks as if a playable version of the survival sandbox leaked online, as confirmed by developer Unknown Worlds. “”We’ve identified that unofficial […]
Why were Subnautica 2 builds leaked?
What the studio confirmed Unknown Worlds confirmed that unofficial builds of Subnautica 2 are circulating online shortly before early access. However, no specific cause—such as an internal security breach, an accidental upload, or a specific source—was provided in the available reporting. What we…
"Unofficial builds of Subnautica 2 are currently circulating online," Unknown Worlds confirm, just days before the ocean survival game's early access release
With just a day or two to go till Subnautica 2's early access launch, "unofficial builds" of the ocean survival game have leaked onto the internet. Picture a punctured Cyclops submarine slowly filling with illicit video files and screenshots, while Unknown Worlds staff wade around with their repair tools, shrieking "Nothing to see here".
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