Well it depends, but 99% of the time - no they won't.

The team behind fallout: new vegas (wildly considered a top 100 if not top 25 games of all times, and a HUGE part of my childhood) was guaranteed a bonus if the game had a 85 average on metacritic.

It got 84.

part of the reason was the insane amount of bugs at release. Guess who rushed the game out to avoid paying that bonus?

Well it depends, but 99% of the time - no they won't.

The team behind fallout: new vegas (wildly considered a top 100 if not top 25 games of all times, and a HUGE part of my childhood) was guaranteed a bonus if the game had a 85 average on metacritic.

It got 85.

part of the reason was the insane amount of bugs at release. Guess who rushed the game out to avoid paying that bonus?