<p>Multiple current and former Gunzilla Games employees have publicly stated they haven't received wages for months, with some claiming their last paycheck arrived in September 2025. Gunzilla is known for developing <a href="https://funjible.games/games/off-the-grid">Off the Grid</a>, a battle royale game utilizing the Avalanche blockchain. The studio also took over Game Informer in 2025.<br><br>Anna Savina, formerly Gunzilla's head of talent acquisition, posted on April 7 that the company owes her wages for multiple months' worth of work after three years at the studio. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7447312007797637120">Savina wrote on LinkedIn</a> that CEO Vlad Korolev and CFO Taras Basarab ignored her direct requests about payment timelines. She stated she knows other colleagues facing the same situation.<br><br>Senior VFX Animator <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/paul-creamer-729905a7_gunzilla-games-has-not-paid-its-employees-activity-7447614668862435329-zkBP?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAACKkyxAB_A62d4EQc3icSFcXiwLxtSTA1sQ">Paul Creamer claimed</a> he worked through October, November, and December 2025 without payment, even after management assured him the delays were temporary. Creamer stated that in December, Korolev personally told his department that invoices would be paid soon, and the company remained profitable. Those payments allegedly never materialized.<br><br>Other employees echoed similar experiences in responses to Savina's post. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7447312007797637120?commentUrn=urn:li:comment:(activity:7447312007797637120,7447334125490933760)&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn:li:fsd_comment:(7447334125490933760,urn:li:activity:7447312007797637120)">QA developer Vladyslav Makarevych stated that</a> his last payment was in September, leaving him without wages for 6 months. Concept artist Andrew Snitsar claimed five months of unpaid salary after working at the company for over 5 years.</p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img src="https://assets.funjible.games/gunzilla_employee_comment_2a5c8dc19d.jpg" alt="Gunzilla employee LinkedIn comment on unpaid wages." srcset="https://assets.funjible.games/thumbnail_gunzilla_employee_comment_2a5c8dc19d.jpg 215w,https://assets.funjible.games/small_gunzilla_employee_comment_2a5c8dc19d.jpg 500w,https://assets.funjible.games/medium_gunzilla_employee_comment_2a5c8dc19d.jpg 750w," sizes="100vw"></figure><p><br><br>Makarevych also noted that Gunzilla recently changed its company registration and revoked employee access to email and Jira. Animator Rayan Tiraghan wrote he's owed three months of wages. Multiple other current and former staff members posted similar claims across LinkedIn.</p><h2>Warning Signs</h2><p>Payment issues at Gunzilla appear to predate the current wage crisis. A <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OffTheGridGame/comments/1ig5flc/have_gunzilla_really_not_paid_out_daily/">Reddit thread from March 2025</a> discusses widespread delays in paying out tournament winners from daily competitions held months earlier.<br><br>One Reddit commenter wrote that, after initial delays, the company sent bank details to finance but was waiting for confirmation of the transfer timing. Another user commented months later that at least one player they knew remained unpaid as of late May 2025.<br><br>Funjible Games also found out that affected Gunzilla employees have been sharing their recent <a href="https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-Gunzilla-Games-E3378577-RVW103078608.htm">experiences regarding unpaid wages on Glassdoor</a>. A director-level employee wrote in February 2026 that Ukrainian employees and EU contractors faced 4-6-month payment delays, while Frankfurt staff received wages on time. A designer who left the company stated in an April 2026 review that they waited months for payment.</p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img src="https://assets.funjible.games/gunzilla_games_employee_comment_5e5b4ea310.jpg" alt="gunzilla games employee comment.jpg" srcset="https://assets.funjible.games/thumbnail_gunzilla_games_employee_comment_5e5b4ea310.jpg 193w,https://assets.funjible.games/small_gunzilla_games_employee_comment_5e5b4ea310.jpg 500w,https://assets.funjible.games/medium_gunzilla_games_employee_comment_5e5b4ea310.jpg 750w,https://assets.funjible.games/large_gunzilla_games_employee_comment_5e5b4ea310.jpg 1000w," sizes="100vw"></figure><h2>Gunzilla Games Responds to Unpaid Salary Allegations</h2><p><br>Gunzilla CEO Vlad Korolev disputed the allegations on X (formerly Twitter). He stated that some payments were scheduled based on cash flow needs rather than individual contractor timelines, and that full-time employees have never experienced salary delays exceeding one week.<br><br>"To protect the interests of our players and our full-time official employees, whose salaries, over 6 years, have never been delayed by more than a week, we operate at a pace that ensures the company continues moving forward," the statement read. “And of course, we honor every obligation. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.”<br><br>The company also claimed that one contractor who recently went public was repaid immediately upon completing the work. Gunzilla characterized criticism as attempts to undermine the game, stating it has 3,000 new players joining daily and achieved 100,000 paid subscribers in 2025.</p><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">While people who have never played OTG and have never built a business sit and spread FUD to farm a few views — targeting the biggest web3 game ever created, a game that represents not only itself but the entire web3 gaming industry in front of traditional gaming — we will keep…</p>— Vlad Korolev (@VladK133) <a href="https://twitter.com/VladK133/status/2042223095155392526?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p><br>However, multiple employee accounts contradict Gunzilla's claim that only contractors were affected. Following Korolev's response, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7447312007797637120?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7447312007797637120%2C7447878478697336832%29&amp;replyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7447312007797637120%2C7447907470460702721%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287447878478697336832%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7447312007797637120%29&amp;dashReplyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287447907470460702721%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7447312007797637120%29">Savina updated her LinkedIn post</a> to state she has since received her pending salaries from Gunzilla. Other employees have not publicly confirmed whether their payments have been resolved yet.<br><br>Gunzilla launched Off The Grid in early access on PC and consoles in October 2024. The game includes NFT trading features, though these are not available in the console versions.<br><br>In March 2025, Gunzilla acquired and relaunched Game Informer after GameStop shut down the publication in 2024. The studio recently launched <a href="https://funjible.games/news/gunzilla-launch-off-the-grid-in-game-ads-via-game-informer">in-game ads for Off the Grid via Game Informer</a>.<br><br>The wage allegations emerge during a difficult period for blockchain gaming. Multiple <a href="https://funjible.games/news/The-Great-Fade-Why-Crypto-Games-Are-Shutting-Down">crypto games have shut down</a> over the last year, and some founders have publicly questioned whether <a href="https://funjible.games/news/pixels-founder-says-web3-gamings-core-values-were-wrong">Web3 gaming's core values were flawed</a> from the start while working toward fixing the said values to emerge stronger.<br>&nbsp;</p><div class="raw-html-embed"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vfeKF9mzqVw?si=NtXdhMSQ8rBZ2nq_" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

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Off The Grid is a next-gen battle royale game set in the cyberpunk world of Teardrop Island, developed by Gunzilla Games.

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