You may have seen a couple days ago that Axiom Verge would be getting a physical release on Wii U after all these years, the reason behind the delay being a tangled tale of corporate miscommunication between dev Tom Happ, Limited Run Games, and Spain-based BadLand Games, which appeared to take a sizable amount of cash from the former two that was never paid back. Well, BadLand has now released a statement regarding the situation, which — by the looks of things — isn’t going to de-escalate the tension much.

In the statement, BadLand claims never to have made any profit off of AV sales, and that the current debt they owe to Happ and LRG was never paid off due to the company’s own bankruptcy and liquidation. BadLand claims to have tried contacting the other parties for months on end with no response (while Happ/LRG claim the exact opposite) and state that they suspect the accusations are “part of a defamation campaign that seeks to promote third parties to the detriment of our interests.” The he said/she said is cranking up big time, and it’s currently unclear which side has greater validity.

You can read BadLand’s full statement below: