They are not going to give up on it...they have already given up on it. Blacksix has said this expressly, and it has been heavily trailed. It's name is writ in water...which is a good or bad thing, depending on your POV.

There are the formalities of the patch, a bit of goodwill laundry to attend to, and then all attentions elsewhere. Not if, but when.

I dont see that there's any hand-wringing to be done about this. It has been obvious, and known, for a long time. The questions isn't about retrospectively merged installs or anything like that, but A) Whether the tools are in place for the user community to do anything with it, B) Whether the community wants to run with it, and C) Whether any such tools are up to the job or have to be hacked together from scratch. And then D) Whether there are enough people who care to play what is put together in future (apart from the die-hards, that is).

Expecting the developers to allocate any real resources to this game now= picking a spot on the wall and banging your head against it.

It could also be argued that putting it out of it's misery is the kindest thing that could be done to it in the cirumstances. It has been the most-waited-for
resurrection since...well...some bloke on a cross.

It may continue, but not as we know it Jim. Falcon4 is a good example of what happens when the community takes over and runs with something.

Ben