Publishers Crafton told the workers of the Sabantika 2 studio unknown world that they will still receive a promise bonus if they do enough ships to the game by the end of 2026. In other words, they have been given an extension to hit their goals. A few weeks ago, after surprising firing of senior employees, bonus money was in question, and the delay of the game of survival was implemented by Crafton. After the activist concerns and fan displeasure, now Corp says “Don’t worry, we will pay!” However it is not a huge of $ 250 million which they were originally considered.
A report by Bloomberg It is said that the studios in the sweetener will include a payment of $ 25 million to be shared between about 40 specific developers. All other workers will be paid a bonus this year, an advance on “Estimated 2026 Benefit-Donition Bonus Pool”. However the amount involved for those employees is not specified.
It is a large wad of cash. It is also only one-tenth of $ 250 million, which was due to paying the studio to achieve some sales figures by the end of 2025. Hence a relative deal for South Korean Corporation. Due to all this, they are dirty. So let’s do mudlaarking.
In 2021, the studios were bought by Crafton at $ 500 million, with another $ 250 million “earnings”, if the studio hit a fixed level of revenue by the end of 2025. Planned to share some of that money With other employees. Meanwhile, according to the paperwork viewed by Bloomberg, each was ringing for 40 employees described above, each receiving a separate amount, “the most in six or seven figures”.
With all that cash at stake, things went wrong. Sabanotica 2 was about to come out this year. The studio co-founder Charlie Cleveland believed that the game was “ready for Early Access”. Crafton disagree. They wanted to work more on it. Naturally, whoever lost this argument would potentially lose a lot of flour. Probably in a deadlock, Crafton removed an ax and removed the studio chief Charlie Cleveland, Ted Gill and Max McGuer, and now claimed that they abandoned their duties. The publisher installed Steve Papoutsis a manufacturer of strikeing distance (another Krafton Studio) as the new CEO, then delayed the game until 2026.
It worries the remaining workers, they will also not look at their promised bonuses. Bloomberg says, but Crafton has now extended its time limit by the end of 2026. It seems promising to those who will be benefited, although we have not seen what Krafton believes for release, nor knows whether it is worth receiving in that year.
Originally, it seems that Crafton understands that they have created a legal and financial headache for themselves – the three -excluded gods are now sueing the publisher for one thing. They are now throwing some money on the problem. If one was keen to think like a spreadsheet–grain corporate unit, one will guess that as long as the thraine’s money is pacified to the current employees and it does not exceed $ 250 million that they are still postponing, all of them will work in green color.
It is a dirty dirt that is soaked in cash, and it will probably become dirt in court. Earlier this week, a document on the Redit was “leaked”, showing how the scope of Sabntika 2 was reduced in the last two years. Crafton still did not answer our question whether he himself was the source of this leakage.
