Yeah, iirc the developers, who'd spent bloody ages developing the world for the game, we're effectively kicked out during a hostile publisher takeover. They're seeing none of the money from sales, nor do they hold the rights to their own property.

I might be misremembering some parts here, but the main point is that the devs were fucked over, aren't profiting off their property, can't do anything new with the property.

It's a clusterfuck really, but yeah the lead writer, designer and artist were all fired and lost the rights to the IP. Litigation is still ongoing I think, and hopefully Kurvitz, Hindpere and Rostov can regain the right to at least produce more work in the IP in the future. Heartbreaking for Kurvitz especially since he's built the IP with and for his friends from the age of 15.

The original developers were forced out of the studio, allegedly through fraudulent means, but I'm not sure whether they lost royalties from sales as well. I can't find anything confirming one way or the other, unfortunately.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGIGA8taN-M

Didn't watch it through. Please come back with summary if you do :)