What's happening with the Affinity software?

Many people migrated to the Affinity suite of Graphic Design tool to get away from Adobe.
I have Affinity designer & Photo but ultimately went back to my Old
pre-Rentware versions of Adobe Photoshop ,Illustrator Acrobat pro and Indesign CS6 perpetuals
As I used them for 15 years as Graphic Design professional before migrating to 3D/CG.
Affinity has shut down their forums with a cryptic message about a big announcement on Oct 30.
! REPORT