Thanks for the link, that was a very interesting read. The theory brought forward in that post, namely that most of their development decisions make no sense if they were intending to deliver the game their Kickstarter promised, but make a lot of sense if what they were really trying was to find a publisher, is quite intriguing. It's only a guess but it's kinda convincing.

We should probably give Nightdive the benefit of a doubt but if that indeed was their business strategy it would be a very heavy slap in the face of every single backer that put money into their Kickstarter, hoping - no, expecting - to get the remake that was promised in their campaign: a remake of a game beloved by many.