The company has been trying to weasel out of making this payment for a while now.
Subnautica 2 is selling like hotcakes, despite being an unfinished early access release. People have been so desperate for good old-fashioned underwater exploration that the game has already sold at least 4 million copies. This means that publisher Krafton has to finally make good on its promise to pay devs a $250 million bonus, according to a report by IGN.
This bonus has been at the heart of a legal battle between Krafton and developer Unknown Worlds. Krafton bought Unknown Worlds back in 2021 and the contract stipulated that executives and staff would get to share in a $250 million bonus if they hit certain revenue targets. According to the South Korean business press, those targets have been hit and the payout is likely forthcoming.
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