"Deep Sea Trek 2" has an uncertain future: the core creator was tragically removed

2025-07-06 00:06:28|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

Although Deep Sea Trek 2 is still scheduled to be released within the next six months, publisher Krafton made a surprising decision to remove several senior members involved in the project.

Unknown Worlds, a developer of the Deep Sea Trek series, suffered a personnel earthquake: Co-founder Charlie Cleveland, CEO Ted Gill, and technical director Max MaGuire were replaced by Steve Papoutsis, who served as CEO of Striking Distance, the developer of the Iopa Agreement.

Papoutsis, famous for its executive producer of the Death Space series, has been controversial for focusing on the disastrous performance of the science fiction horror game "The Iopa League".Now he will dominate the final development phase of the year's most anticipated indie game as the new CEO of Unknown Worlds.As the game is about to be released, it is probably not a good sign to carry out such a large-scale management reshuffle.However, some players criticized the lack of horror elements of "Deep Sea Trek: Under Zero" developed by the original team, and believed that the suffocating and depressing atmosphere of the first generation was the essence.

"Papoutsis immediately took over Ted Gill, Charlie Cleveland and Max MaGuire. While Krafton has worked hard to keep the founders of the Deep Sea Trek series involved, the company wishes them all the best in the future."

Although Papoutsis does have relevant qualifications, replacing three core leaders at the final stage of the project will inevitably make players looking forward to the release in 2025 sounding the alarm.

“Player experience is above everything else. Given the unprecedented expectations of Deep Sea Trek 2, we must contribute the most perfect work as soon as possible,” said Krafton Chief Corporate Officer Kim Changhan. “The addition of Steve will help Krafton and Unknown Worlds deliver on their promises to create a more complete and satisfying new series – truly reaching the level of players’ expectations.”

This "player first" declaration is quite ironic - the first generation of "Deep Sea Trek" that was released in 2018 was completed independently by Unknown Worlds when he left Krafton.After the news was announced, angry players quickly occupied the Reddit forum, claiming that the project was "completed".

It is not clear whether the change will affect other positions in the studio, but the possibility of "Deep Sea Trek 2" being delayed to 2026 has risen sharply.

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