Well... i've now read the entire thread, and all i can say is *gaaah*... that took a while
People here seems to be under the impression that "Hardsuit Labs" are new. They are not... well.. the company is, the people behind it are not. Before they started the company "Hardsuit Labs", they existed as "Zombie Studios" for 20 years, and they made mostly bad games. The namechange was simply due to the original owners of Zombie Studios retiring, and retiring the company name. Most of the company then soldiered on under a new company name (Builderblock games), before changing name to "Hardsuit Labs". Then they approached Paradox with a pitch, and here we are.
Edit : And i just relalized that i haven't posted in 18 years :p
You can safely go back to torpor, we'll let you know when CD Projekt has acquired the VtM license.