Unknown Worlds has shared a primary in-game have a look at Subnautica 2, as a part of a brand new developer video charting the extremely anticipated underwater survival sequel’s “street to early entry”.
Subnautica 2 (really the third sport within the acclaimed collection, following 2021’s standalone Subnautica growth Beneath Zero) was confirmed to be within the works all the best way again in 2022. A primary trailer lastly arrived final October, nevertheless it was purely a scene-setting cinematic – tipping a nod to the sequel’s new co-op mode – reasonably than providing any precise gameplay.
Skip forward seven months, and we have now been given a primary glimpse of how Subnautica 2 seems to be in-game. Unknown Worlds shared the early footage as a part of its Highway to Early Entry developer video, wherein Subnautica 2 design lead Anthony Gallegos provided a small style of issues to come back throughout the replace’s transient runtime.
Throughout his chatter, we received a tease of some new environments – together with what seems to be the Subnautica 2 equal of the primary sport’s Secure Shallows (the sequel is ready on a brand-new world) and a bioluminescent underground space – plus just a few new aquatic creatures. There is a second or two of a wierd waddling factor with a fan-like tail, as an illustration, and a big fish headbutting rocks. We additionally received a peek at co-operative swimming and base constructing.
It is not loads to go on, admittedly, and the studio nonetheless hasn’t introduced an early entry launch date. All we all know proper now could be it is as a consequence of launch “later” this yr for Xbox Sequence X/S and PC (by way of Steam and Epic), and it is coming to Recreation Go too.
Beforehand, Unknown Worlds mentioned it anticipated Subnautica 2 to launch into early entry with its co-op multiplayer mode, “a number of biomes, some narrative, and a wide range of creatures and craftables”. There’s loads of time for issues to evolve from there, too, given the studio is anticipating early entry will final “about two to 3 years.”
