User blog comment:G-man./Pirates Online Rewritten - Closing and Reopening/@comment-3443450-20141207040735/@comment-3443450-20141207041141

Oh and there's also the fact they posted this on their Wiki

"On November 31, because we ended up not being able to recreate the game, the cancellation of   Pirates Online Rewritten  makes its way in. A   blog post  was posted by Jacob at Pirates Online Rewritten Forums announcing the cancellation. We are deeply sorry that the time had to come, however, not having great knowledge in coding the game does not mean the project should continue.

We give our thanks to everyone for supporting  Pirates Online Rewritten throughout the times of when it was in development. Fair winds! "