It's been said that if they finish it before the date it's due to be printed and shipped by the company they're battling with, they get to keep the property, and the money they would have made from it. Even though they'd be working for free right about now.... Since they can't be paid by the company that has no money.
The dev team was super duper small though to begin with, who's to say a few of them wouldn't be dedicated enough to crank it out. I doubt it'll happen but, you never know how surprising people can be sometimes. And it would be a big righteous middle finger to the 2k games company. lol.