The game was not canceled. It is still in production, but Stardock has many other projects on its hands. Brad Wardel has stated that he wanted to do the game right, so he has a small team working on it. Later when Stardock has gotten most of its other projects out of the way, developement will kick into high gear. Wardel has also said not to expect the game on shelves before 2009. So we have a long wait. On the plus side though, the projects being wored on currently are gonna rock. The second expansion for Galactic Civilizations two is almost comeplete and it will be awesome. Also Stardock is working on some kind of 4x fantasy strategy game. It has been said that it will be similar in style to Master of Magic. So dont worry even though Society may be on hold for a while, it is far from canceled.