Yea the initial development probably had a few of the old hands of Arkham involved before they were ejected for Sweet Baby to take over all the character development and the game development just ceased. Because recycling the same fights for some tortured "seasonal finale" system screams sabotaged development.
Not enough to make profit. Like Alan Wake 2. Handful of Streamers couldn't even finsh the game the Dialog and Characters were so trash and that dunked it for many. That game will not make a profit even after all the accolades it got.
https://youtu.be/DQr3EU4EJpw?si=4jUSD-tzKhQRGog0
They have been working closely with the Studio and have been very hush hush about the project. It's a Origin Story of James earning his status and onwards. Game will definitely need a Christopher Lee and Ian Fleming skin.
Rianna Pratchett was gonna do that, she was also gonna have Lara fight elder gods and shit. Then they tossed her by the second game and just gave Lara daddy issues and being a fuckwit. So that failure lead us to more this trash. Least Badass Lara fighting gods would have been interesting.
Eight years of development. When were those designs drafted I wonder.