Back in July, Red 5, developers of the upcoming MMO RPG/Shooter hybrid Firefall, filed for legal arbitration against their Korean publisher Webzen. Alleging breach of contract and a host of other accusations, Red 5 later found themselves hit with a counter-suit courtesy of Webzen, and… you really don’t care about any of this, in all likelihood. What you do care about is whether or not you’ll ever be able to play Firefall, and why wouldn’t you? It sounds pretty sweet.

Well, good news! Webzen and Red 5 have settled with each other, according to a press release sent out this evening. The details? Webzen gets “compensation” for the development costs they covered, and they’ll get cut into revenue generated by Firefall when it launches “for a time.” Red 5 gets, well, to finish the game, and no longer has to deal with Webzen.

Full press release details after the jump.

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