Video game and 3D engine developer Crytek, responsible for the original Far Cry game and the Crysis and Ryse series, became attached to a wave of rumors about unpaid workers last week. Kotaku's original report pointed to late paychecks at its Frankfurt office, and it wrote that in-development games, including Ryse 2, were seeing sudden cancellations. Kotaku's follow-up post on Thursday didn't paint a prettier picture.

According to Kotaku's latest report, employees at the company's UK studio confirmed that their latest paychecks had not arrived on time and in full. In response, "around 100" Crytek UK staffers "handed in formal grievance letters and went home" on Wednesday.

That leaves a scant number of employees continuing to work on Homefront: The Revolution, a game set to be released by Dead Island and Saint's Row publisher Deep Silver. In response to prior reports, Crytek insisted all was well as recently as early June's Electronic Entertainment Expo, but neither the company nor publisher Deep Silver has responded to requests for comment as of today's news.