James did indeed give us an answer

[MadManMoon]

That’s one way of reading it … I mean, they literally don’t say that the game is in maintenance mode in the quote, mind, but … you could read it that way if you chose to read it that way … so …

@Redlotus

This “answer” states that they “continue to maintain the game” which states the game has gone into maintenance mode. It gives little to no answer to the future of the game, the intentions of the devs, or why someone can’t take 5 mins to reassure its community.

@james

But we do continue to maintain the game and live servers. Fixing issues that appear where possible. Manage the service. Respond to queries and issues where possible about the current game.