Kerbal Space Program 2 - Revision history

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	''Kerbal Space Program'' fans and buyers left over 4,000 negative reviews on the sequel's Steam page within the three months following the announcement of Intercept Games' closure. At the same time, positive reviews diminished sharply, bringing the Steam page's all-time average to "Mostly Negative."<ref name=":0" />		''Kerbal Space Program'' fans and buyers left over 4,000 negative reviews on the sequel's Steam page within the three months following the announcement of Intercept Games' closure. At the same time, positive reviews diminished sharply, bringing the Steam page's all-time average to "Mostly Negative."<ref name=":0" />

	One recent Steam review with over 500 "helpful" ratings reads:<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Minderbinder \|first=Milo \|date=26 Jul 2025 \|title=Review for Kerbal Space Program 2 \|url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/thatissoawsome/recommended/954850/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=Steam Community}}</ref><blockquote>Abandonware. This should at least be removed from the steam store and ideally all people who purchased the game should be refunded.		One recent Steam review with over 500 "helpful" ratings reads:<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Minderbinder \|first=Milo \|date=26 Jul 2025 \|title=Review for Kerbal Space Program 2 \|url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/thatissoawsome/recommended/954850/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260415180019/https://steamcommunity.com/id/thatissoawsome/recommended/954850/ \|archive-date=15 Apr 2026 \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=Steam Community}}</ref><blockquote>Abandonware. This should at least be removed from the steam store and ideally all people who purchased the game should be refunded.

	Do not buy. Get KSP1. Do not fund these practices.</blockquote>		Do not buy. Get KSP1. Do not fund these practices.</blockquote>

Neige: Take-two page link

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Take-two page link

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	==Incident==		==Incident==
	On April 29, 2024, Take-Two Interactive Software, the owner of Private Division and Intercept Games, posted a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification to the Washington State Employment Security Department indicating that they planned to close their subsidiary Intercept Games, the developer of ''Kerbal Space Program 2'', on June 28, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) \|url=https://esd.wa.gov/about-employees/WARN \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241103073147/https://esd.wa.gov/about-employees/warn \|archive-date=3 Nov 2024\|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=ESDWAGOV}}</ref> Senior team manager Quinn Duffy confirmed on LinkedIn that the team would be laid off on that day, <ref>{{Cite web \|last=Duffy \|first=Quinn \|title=Post \|url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/quinn-duffy_well-here-we-go-again-the-team-at-intercept-activity-7201280703215394816-uyzd/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=LinkedIn \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240731205415/https://www.linkedin.com/posts/quinn-duffy_well-here-we-go-again-the-team-at-intercept-activity-7201280703215394816-uyzd/ \|archive-date=31 Jul 2024}}</ref> although Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick claimed otherwise.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Valentine \|first=Rebekah \|date=16 May 2024 \|title=Take-Two CEO on Intercept, Roll7: 'We Didn't Shutter Those Studios' \|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/take-two-ceo-on-intercept-roll7-we-didnt-shutter-those-studios \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=IGN \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251213052418/https://www.ign.com/articles/take-two-ceo-on-intercept-roll7-we-didnt-shutter-those-studios \|archive-date=13 Dec 2025}}</ref> Take-Two later confirmed the sale of Private Division, ''Kerbal''<nowiki/>'s publisher, to an unknown buyer, preferring to focus on AAA titles.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Batchelor \|first=James \|date=6 Nov 2024 \|title=Zelnick on Private Division sale: "Those projects were smaller, we're in the business of big hits" \|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/zelnick-on-private-division-sale-those-projects-were-smaller-were-in-the-business-of-big-hits \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=GamesIndustry.biz \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251219035055/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/zelnick-on-private-division-sale-those-projects-were-smaller-were-in-the-business-of-big-hits \|archive-date=19 Dec 2025}}</ref>		On April 29, 2024, [[Take Two\|Take-Two]] Interactive Software, the owner of Private Division and Intercept Games, posted a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification to the Washington State Employment Security Department indicating that they planned to close their subsidiary Intercept Games, the developer of ''Kerbal Space Program 2'', on June 28, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) \|url=https://esd.wa.gov/about-employees/WARN \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241103073147/https://esd.wa.gov/about-employees/warn \|archive-date=3 Nov 2024\|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=ESDWAGOV}}</ref> Senior team manager Quinn Duffy confirmed on LinkedIn that the team would be laid off on that day, <ref>{{Cite web \|last=Duffy \|first=Quinn \|title=Post \|url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/quinn-duffy_well-here-we-go-again-the-team-at-intercept-activity-7201280703215394816-uyzd/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=LinkedIn \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240731205415/https://www.linkedin.com/posts/quinn-duffy_well-here-we-go-again-the-team-at-intercept-activity-7201280703215394816-uyzd/ \|archive-date=31 Jul 2024}}</ref> although Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick claimed otherwise.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Valentine \|first=Rebekah \|date=16 May 2024 \|title=Take-Two CEO on Intercept, Roll7: 'We Didn't Shutter Those Studios' \|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/take-two-ceo-on-intercept-roll7-we-didnt-shutter-those-studios \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=IGN \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251213052418/https://www.ign.com/articles/take-two-ceo-on-intercept-roll7-we-didnt-shutter-those-studios \|archive-date=13 Dec 2025}}</ref> Take-Two later confirmed the sale of Private Division, ''Kerbal''<nowiki/>'s publisher, to an unknown buyer, preferring to focus on AAA titles.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Batchelor \|first=James \|date=6 Nov 2024 \|title=Zelnick on Private Division sale: "Those projects were smaller, we're in the business of big hits" \|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/zelnick-on-private-division-sale-those-projects-were-smaller-were-in-the-business-of-big-hits \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=GamesIndustry.biz \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251219035055/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/zelnick-on-private-division-sale-those-projects-were-smaller-were-in-the-business-of-big-hits \|archive-date=19 Dec 2025}}</ref>

	''Kerbal Space Program 2'' has not seen any updates since June 11, 2024 and remains in early access.<ref name=":1" />		''Kerbal Space Program 2'' has not seen any updates since June 11, 2024 and remains in early access.<ref name=":1" />

Neige: Wikipedia link

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Wikipedia link

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	\|Description=KSP2 turned into abandonware, still being sold and charging full price for the game that was never finished.		\|Description=KSP2 turned into abandonware, still being sold and charging full price for the game that was never finished.
	}}''Kerbal Space Program 2'' is a game designed by Intercept Games and published by Private Division as a sequel to ''Kerbal Space Program''. It was released on Steam in early access on February 24, 2023. Currently, the game is still in early access and costs $49.99.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Kerbal Space Program 2 \|url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/954850/Kerbal_Space_Program_2/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=Steam \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260118091424/https://store.steampowered.com/app/954850/Kerbal_Space_Program_2/ \|archive-date=18 Jan 2026}}</ref> Steam lists no updates to the game since June 11, 2024.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|title=Kerbal Space Program 2 \|url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/954850?updates=true \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=Steam News Hub \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250825183807/https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/954850?updates=true \|archive-date=25 Aug 2025}}</ref>		}}''[[wikipedia:Kerbal_Space_Program_2\|'''Kerbal Space Program 2''']]'' is a game designed by Intercept Games and published by Private Division as a sequel to ''Kerbal Space Program''. It was released on Steam in early access on February 24, 2023. Currently, the game is still in early access and costs $49.99.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Kerbal Space Program 2 \|url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/954850/Kerbal_Space_Program_2/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=Steam \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260118091424/https://store.steampowered.com/app/954850/Kerbal_Space_Program_2/ \|archive-date=18 Jan 2026}}</ref> Steam lists no updates to the game since June 11, 2024.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|title=Kerbal Space Program 2 \|url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/954850?updates=true \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=Steam News Hub \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250825183807/https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/954850?updates=true \|archive-date=25 Aug 2025}}</ref>

	==Background==		==Background==

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	}}''Kerbal Space Program 2'' is a game designed by Intercept Games and published by Private Division as a sequel to ''Kerbal Space Program''. It was released on Steam in early access on February 24, 2023. Currently, the game is still in early access and costs $49.99.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Kerbal Space Program 2 \|url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/954850/Kerbal_Space_Program_2/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=Steam}}</ref> Steam lists no updates to the game since June 11, 2024.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|title=Kerbal Space Program 2 \|url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/954850?updates=true \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=Steam News Hub}}</ref>		}}''Kerbal Space Program 2'' is a game designed by Intercept Games and published by Private Division as a sequel to ''Kerbal Space Program''. It was released on Steam in early access on February 24, 2023. Currently, the game is still in early access and costs $49.99.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Kerbal Space Program 2 \|url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/954850/Kerbal_Space_Program_2/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=Steam \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260118091424/https://store.steampowered.com/app/954850/Kerbal_Space_Program_2/ \|archive-date=18 Jan 2026}}</ref> Steam lists no updates to the game since June 11, 2024.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|title=Kerbal Space Program 2 \|url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/954850?updates=true \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=Steam News Hub \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250825183807/https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/954850?updates=true \|archive-date=25 Aug 2025}}</ref>

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	==Incident==		==Incident==
	On April 29, 2024, Take-Two Interactive Software, the owner of Private Division and Intercept Games, posted a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification to the Washington State Employment Security Department indicating that they planned to close their subsidiary Intercept Games, the developer of ''Kerbal Space Program 2'', on June 28, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) \|url=https://esd.wa.gov/about-employees/WARN \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241103073147/https://esd.wa.gov/about-employees/warn \|archive-date=3 Nov 2024\|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=ESDWAGOV}}</ref> Senior team manager Quinn Duffy confirmed on LinkedIn that the team would be laid off on that day, <ref>{{Cite web \|last=Duffy \|first=Quinn \|title=Post \|url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/quinn-duffy_well-here-we-go-again-the-team-at-intercept-activity-7201280703215394816-uyzd/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=LinkedIn}}</ref> although Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick claimed otherwise.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Valentine \|first=Rebekah \|date=16 May 2024 \|title=Take-Two CEO on Intercept, Roll7: 'We Didn't Shutter Those Studios' \|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/take-two-ceo-on-intercept-roll7-we-didnt-shutter-those-studios \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=IGN}}</ref> Take-Two later confirmed the sale of Private Division, ''Kerbal''<nowiki/>'s publisher, to an unknown buyer, preferring to focus on AAA titles.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Batchelor \|first=James \|date=6 Nov 2024 \|title=Zelnick on Private Division sale: "Those projects were smaller, we're in the business of big hits" \|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/zelnick-on-private-division-sale-those-projects-were-smaller-were-in-the-business-of-big-hits \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=GamesIndustry.biz}}</ref>		On April 29, 2024, Take-Two Interactive Software, the owner of Private Division and Intercept Games, posted a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification to the Washington State Employment Security Department indicating that they planned to close their subsidiary Intercept Games, the developer of ''Kerbal Space Program 2'', on June 28, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) \|url=https://esd.wa.gov/about-employees/WARN \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241103073147/https://esd.wa.gov/about-employees/warn \|archive-date=3 Nov 2024\|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=ESDWAGOV}}</ref> Senior team manager Quinn Duffy confirmed on LinkedIn that the team would be laid off on that day, <ref>{{Cite web \|last=Duffy \|first=Quinn \|title=Post \|url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/quinn-duffy_well-here-we-go-again-the-team-at-intercept-activity-7201280703215394816-uyzd/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=LinkedIn \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240731205415/https://www.linkedin.com/posts/quinn-duffy_well-here-we-go-again-the-team-at-intercept-activity-7201280703215394816-uyzd/ \|archive-date=31 Jul 2024}}</ref> although Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick claimed otherwise.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Valentine \|first=Rebekah \|date=16 May 2024 \|title=Take-Two CEO on Intercept, Roll7: 'We Didn't Shutter Those Studios' \|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/take-two-ceo-on-intercept-roll7-we-didnt-shutter-those-studios \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=IGN \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251213052418/https://www.ign.com/articles/take-two-ceo-on-intercept-roll7-we-didnt-shutter-those-studios \|archive-date=13 Dec 2025}}</ref> Take-Two later confirmed the sale of Private Division, ''Kerbal''<nowiki/>'s publisher, to an unknown buyer, preferring to focus on AAA titles.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Batchelor \|first=James \|date=6 Nov 2024 \|title=Zelnick on Private Division sale: "Those projects were smaller, we're in the business of big hits" \|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/zelnick-on-private-division-sale-those-projects-were-smaller-were-in-the-business-of-big-hits \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=GamesIndustry.biz \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251219035055/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/zelnick-on-private-division-sale-those-projects-were-smaller-were-in-the-business-of-big-hits \|archive-date=19 Dec 2025}}</ref>

	''Kerbal Space Program 2'' has not seen any updates since June 11, 2024 and remains in early access.<ref name=":1" />		''Kerbal Space Program 2'' has not seen any updates since June 11, 2024 and remains in early access.<ref name=":1" />

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	==Incident==		==Incident==
	On April 29, 2024, Take-Two Interactive Software, the owner of Private Division and Intercept Games, posted a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification to the Washington State Employment Security Department indicating that they planned to close their subsidiary Intercept Games, the developer of ''Kerbal Space Program 2'', on June 28, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) \|url=https://esd.wa.gov/about-employees/WARN \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~jz137~~ \|archive-date=~~1 May~~ 2024 \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=ESDWAGOV}}</ref> Senior team manager Quinn Duffy confirmed on LinkedIn that the team would be laid off on that day, <ref>{{Cite web \|last=Duffy \|first=Quinn \|title=Post \|url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/quinn-duffy_well-here-we-go-again-the-team-at-intercept-activity-7201280703215394816-uyzd/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=LinkedIn}}</ref> although Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick claimed otherwise.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Valentine \|first=Rebekah \|date=16 May 2024 \|title=Take-Two CEO on Intercept, Roll7: 'We Didn't Shutter Those Studios' \|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/take-two-ceo-on-intercept-roll7-we-didnt-shutter-those-studios \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=IGN}}</ref> Take-Two later confirmed the sale of Private Division, ''Kerbal''<nowiki/>'s publisher, to an unknown buyer, preferring to focus on AAA titles.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Batchelor \|first=James \|date=6 Nov 2024 \|title=Zelnick on Private Division sale: "Those projects were smaller, we're in the business of big hits" \|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/zelnick-on-private-division-sale-those-projects-were-smaller-were-in-the-business-of-big-hits \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=GamesIndustry.biz}}</ref>		On April 29, 2024, Take-Two Interactive Software, the owner of Private Division and Intercept Games, posted a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification to the Washington State Employment Security Department indicating that they planned to close their subsidiary Intercept Games, the developer of ''Kerbal Space Program 2'', on June 28, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) \|url=https://esd.wa.gov/about-employees/WARN \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241103073147/https://esd.wa.gov/about-employees/warn \|archive-date=3 Nov 2024\|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=ESDWAGOV}}</ref> Senior team manager Quinn Duffy confirmed on LinkedIn that the team would be laid off on that day, <ref>{{Cite web \|last=Duffy \|first=Quinn \|title=Post \|url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/quinn-duffy_well-here-we-go-again-the-team-at-intercept-activity-7201280703215394816-uyzd/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=LinkedIn}}</ref> although Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick claimed otherwise.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Valentine \|first=Rebekah \|date=16 May 2024 \|title=Take-Two CEO on Intercept, Roll7: 'We Didn't Shutter Those Studios' \|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/take-two-ceo-on-intercept-roll7-we-didnt-shutter-those-studios \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=IGN}}</ref> Take-Two later confirmed the sale of Private Division, ''Kerbal''<nowiki/>'s publisher, to an unknown buyer, preferring to focus on AAA titles.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Batchelor \|first=James \|date=6 Nov 2024 \|title=Zelnick on Private Division sale: "Those projects were smaller, we're in the business of big hits" \|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/zelnick-on-private-division-sale-those-projects-were-smaller-were-in-the-business-of-big-hits \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=GamesIndustry.biz}}</ref>

	''Kerbal Space Program 2'' has not seen any updates since June 11, 2024 and remains in early access.<ref name=":1" />		''Kerbal Space Program 2'' has not seen any updates since June 11, 2024 and remains in early access.<ref name=":1" />

AnotherConsumerRightsPerson: Minor edit to my minor edit.

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Minor edit to my minor edit.

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	==Background==		==Background==
	''Kerbal Space Program 2'' entered development in 2017 and was initially planned for release in 2020. Development issues pushed back the release of the early access version to February 24, 2023		''Kerbal Space Program 2'' entered development in 2017 and was initially planned for release in 2020. Development issues pushed back the release of the early access version to February 24, 2023.

	==Incident==		==Incident==

AnotherConsumerRightsPerson: I don’t know about you but I don’t think we’re time travelled for KSP2…

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I don’t know about you but I don’t think we’re time travelled for KSP2…

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	==Background==		==Background==
	''Kerbal Space Program 2'' entered development in 2017 and was initially planned for release in 2020. Development issues pushed back the release of the early access version to February 24, ~~2003.~~		''Kerbal Space Program 2'' entered development in 2017 and was initially planned for release in 2020. Development issues pushed back the release of the early access version to February 24, 2023

	==Incident==		==Incident==

Keith: nice work on the fix-up! article now looks much better

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nice work on the fix-up! article now looks much better

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	\|Description=KSP2 turned into abandonware, still being sold and charging full price for the game that was never finished.		\|Description=KSP2 turned into abandonware, still being sold and charging full price for the game that was never finished.
	}}~~KSP2~~ is a game designed as a sequel to ~~KSP which~~ was ~~never finished because it's a classic abandonware scheme~~. ~~Private Division charge full price for~~ the game ~~from the start, it never left~~ early access~~, they still show a misleading roadmap~~ and ~~monetized the hype even more with plushies~~.[https://store.steampowered.com/app/954850/Kerbal_Space_Program_2/~~][https:~~/~~/www~~.~~youtube.com/watch?v~~=~~VYm9h-y_DZg][~~https://~~steamcommunity~~.com/~~games~~/~~220200~~/~~announcements/detail~~/~~612045811444875807]~~		}}''Kerbal Space Program 2'' is a game designed by Intercept Games and published by Private Division as a sequel to ''Kerbal Space Program''. It was released on Steam in early access on February 24, 2023. Currently, the game is still in early access and costs $49.99.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Kerbal Space Program 2 \|url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/954850/Kerbal_Space_Program_2/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=Steam}}</ref> Steam lists no updates to the game since June 11, 2024.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|title=Kerbal Space Program 2 \|url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/954850?updates=true \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=Steam News Hub}}</ref>

	==Background==		==Background==
	{{Ph-I-B}}		''Kerbal Space Program 2'' entered development in 2017 and was initially planned for release in 2020. Development issues pushed back the release of the early access version to February 24, 2003.

			==Incident==
			On April 29, 2024, Take-Two Interactive Software, the owner of Private Division and Intercept Games, posted a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification to the Washington State Employment Security Department indicating that they planned to close their subsidiary Intercept Games, the developer of ''Kerbal Space Program 2'', on June 28, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) \|url=https://esd.wa.gov/about-employees/WARN \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/jz137 \|archive-date=1 May 2024 \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=ESDWAGOV}}</ref> Senior team manager Quinn Duffy confirmed on LinkedIn that the team would be laid off on that day, <ref>{{Cite web \|last=Duffy \|first=Quinn \|title=Post \|url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/quinn-duffy_well-here-we-go-again-the-team-at-intercept-activity-7201280703215394816-uyzd/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=LinkedIn}}</ref> although Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick claimed otherwise.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Valentine \|first=Rebekah \|date=16 May 2024 \|title=Take-Two CEO on Intercept, Roll7: 'We Didn't Shutter Those Studios' \|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/take-two-ceo-on-intercept-roll7-we-didnt-shutter-those-studios \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=IGN}}</ref> Take-Two later confirmed the sale of Private Division, ''Kerbal''<nowiki/>'s publisher, to an unknown buyer, preferring to focus on AAA titles.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Batchelor \|first=James \|date=6 Nov 2024 \|title=Zelnick on Private Division sale: "Those projects were smaller, we're in the business of big hits" \|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/zelnick-on-private-division-sale-those-projects-were-smaller-were-in-the-business-of-big-hits \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=GamesIndustry.biz}}</ref>

			''Kerbal Space Program 2'' has not seen any updates since June 11, 2024 and remains in early access.<ref name=":1" />

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	==Consumer response==		==Consumer response==
	{{Ph-I-~~ConR~~}}		''Kerbal Space Program'' fans and buyers left over 4,000 negative reviews on the sequel's Steam page within the three months following the announcement of Intercept Games' closure. At the same time, positive reviews diminished sharply, bringing the Steam page's all-time average to "Mostly Negative."<ref name=":0" />

			One recent Steam review with over 500 "helpful" ratings reads:<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Minderbinder \|first=Milo \|date=26 Jul 2025 \|title=Review for Kerbal Space Program 2 \|url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/thatissoawsome/recommended/954850/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 Aug 2025 \|website=Steam Community}}</ref><blockquote>Abandonware. This should at least be removed from the steam store and ideally all people who purchased the game should be refunded.

			Do not buy. Get KSP1. Do not fund these practices.</blockquote>

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