Overview
- Krafton began an internal voluntary resignation program on November 12 for Korean staff, offering tiered severance from six to 36 months’ salary based on tenure.
- The company says the scheme is meant to help employees chart their “growth direction” rather than reduce headcount.
- A company-wide hiring freeze is in effect except for original IP and AI-related roles, with the CFO emphasizing higher individual productivity.
- The AI push includes roughly 100 billion won for a GPU cluster and about 30 billion won for workforce retraining, with over 130 billion won planned for agentic AI infrastructure starting in 2026.
- Krafton reported record Q3 results with 2.407 trillion won in revenue and 1.052 trillion won in operating profit, even as some studios such as Unknown Worlds say they are unlikely to use AI on Subnautica 2.