The Press Release The meat: The analysis of ManosFate who has no real visibility into such things: Money has changed hands (from Hasbro to Atari) and now Hasbro can go seek out some new parters (think Zynga) to create Hommletville for mobile devices near you.
Damn, I was looking forward, too. I just hope the mediocrity of Perfect World doesn't seep into what looked like a promising upcoming game.
Yeah, going from a July 2011 to a "late 2012" (translated: no alter than Nov 15 to hit the Christmas shopping season) is a pretty big delay. You could so some serious game re-engineering in that time.