It is a fact. The facts as they stand are that Turbulenz has been restructured into Larian Guildford and that Boundless is no longer being actively developed for (“maintenance mode”).
Fact 1: Every single post from Wonderstruck employees can be seen here on the forums.
https://forum.playboundless.com/g/Wonderstruck/activity/posts
Fact 2: There has been zero traction on the feature update 249 since March 14th:
Fact 3: Larian Studios now has a Guildford location:
Face 4: Here is a video where James says they are now running Larian Guildford
Or maybe you want third party confirmations:
Where was statement? Are you talking about the outdated post before Larian Guildford where Wonderstruck helped Larian get BG3 to EA? That was before Larian Guildford was formed. There has been zero news on the Boundless forums about the state of Wonderstuck and Boundless in regards to the acquisition fo the studio under Larian studios.
Let me clarify my statement as well: “maintenance mode” does not mean it is “on life support” or “in danger of being abandoned”, it means just that “maintenance”: fix major issues, support players, but zero new features. As long as the game is providing profit, it is not going anywhere. It also does not mean the game is unable to come out of maintenance mode. But you and many other players in the community going around and acting like release 249 is going to coming to live over night or something is sowing false hope for players. Release 249 may never come out. It may come out in 2 week or 2 months. But there is zero reason to believe it will come out without an official statement regrading the state of Wonderstruck/Turbulenz in regrads to Larian and the state of Boundless.
Also, I will admit part of me is hoping this post is enough for force the devs to drop 249 just to prove me wrong