Though Crytek refuted rumors that emerged over the weekend that the company is on the brink of bankruptcy, Kotaku has rumors of their own of troubles at the German developer, claiming these are based on information from current and former Crytek employees. This includes accounts of late paychecks (which have not prevented co-founders Cevat and Avni Yerli from allegedly continuing to drive their Ferraris to work); staff departures; the cancellation of a couple of projects including Ryse 2; and word of rampant staff dissatisfaction with the direction of the company. They conclude reporting not receiving responses from Crytek to questions raised in the story, in spite of recent assurances they would get the other side of the story, and say Avni Yerli has allegedly told staff not to talk with the press about what's going on.