Alter Ego - beaten to the punch?

It appears one of the Game Artisans of Canada has sold a coop superhero deck building game to a (as yet undisclosed) publisher. This is good news for him and for GAC - maybe bad news for Alter Ego. I'll have to figure out if I care to continue working on it, or shelve it given that a game of similar scope and theme will be coming out...

Then again, maybe superheroes will be 2012's wine theme.