Well, it could be a new game. Maybe "Shadowbane" could be a franchise of different games. But I assumed it would be an expansion, too.
Truthfully, as much as I love Taldren for bringing my beloved SFB to life in such a wonderful way, I probably won't play this game. I hate PvP --even when I played on Dark Age of Camelot I spent my time on the Cooperative (non PvP) severs.
I should keep an open mind. If the game is properly structured so that you are basically doing nothing but PvP then maybe it would be OK. It's when PvP interfered with other activities that I get annoyed, but being part of a wandering party looking for other players might be good...