Reports indicate that Krafton, the South Korean parent of PUBG, recently restructured the management of Subnautica 2's dev team to avoid a hefty payout.

Per Krafton, the three removed executives allegedly would have been eligible for 90% of the $250 million bonus promised to staff.

Krafton accuses former Unknown Worlds leadership of abandoning Subnautica 2, escalating a bitter dispute over bonuses, delays, and trust.

Krafton have accused the game's ousted leads of abandoning their duties on Subnautica 2, and co-founder Charlie Cleveland says a lawsuit's been filed.

The game's developers were reportedly in line for a $250 million bonus if they had met certain revenue goals this year.

Since the report, Krafton has released a testy statement on the Subnautica 2 ordeal. “We are deeply disappointed by the former leadership’s conduct, and above all, we feel a profound sense of betrayal by their failure to honor the trust placed in them by our fans,” a Krafton representative told Polygon.

"Suing a multi-billion dollar company in a painful, public and possibly protracted way was certainly not on my bucket list."