dd.stevenson
Super KY
This occurred to me as well. The statement is that TT and WotC would not be working *together*. It sounds a bit like WotC has decided to stop funding development, but isn't *disallowing* development. So, they need a new source of funds...
Edit: Except, stupid me, they say that it was internally funded.
I had seen that.
I'm assuming (I doubt incorrectly) that TdT missed a major launch(?) milestone, which gave WotC the chance to cancel the agreement and go with plan B. Obviously Wizards' Plan B is anybody's guess. Under what I called my "best case" scenario, Trapdoor thinks they can recoup their investment because they've been told to expect an open-ish license.
Probably I'm just building air castles though. Like as not wotc will announce tomorrow that Plan B is a cow clicker facebook app, and dungeonscape will launch quietly and then die as yet another dice roller for the iphone.