Now this is just a mess.

I wonder if the costs of these delays are being paid for with the money that was raised for the animated series, or if that's still coming at all.

The worst part of this whole thing is the game will most likely not be worth all the trouble. Reception to the backer demo has been, to say the least, mixed. It may wind up good, but it does not feel like it'll make enough money to cover the full cost of development and marketing, and with this in mind and its hell of a development, I don't see a franchise happening here anytime soon.