Good news:
More money, game not abandoned. Yay!!!
Bad news:
Need months of coding to get back end done.
New content unlikely until then?
Big question:
Will we expect a wipe/new server once the back end is done?
If wipe/new server, ok, how will you address the current players?
If no wipe/new server, ok, how will you address new players?
In either case a clear answer needs to be decided on and shared with the community well before it becomes a reality.
Personally I would go with a static world/continent that is made for guild v guild pvp : towns, forts, contestable world summons, etc. where all the old accounts can be and flex their maxed orb artefact builds.
Then have new world/continents every 2 months with new and exciting rule sets/mobs/resources which players can explore, harvest, and fight over. To get into the new world/continent you have to make a new character and at the end of the 2 months you can take a stargate to the static world to show off the cool stuff that you got from the new world.
With this system you would not even have to make new continents, just use the old ones and mix up the mobs/resources/rulesets.
Any way.
Good news and glad to hear it.
But need more info.