It is not the restart that EP staff was considering, but it is inspired by EP and came into existence because the closure of the original indeed.

They're not affiliated with EP in any way. It's more of a third party clone.

Durian fruit

Yeah i think

yes

It does not officially have any connection to the original EP but a group of people tried to make something simmilar

Its in its infancy so I will give its while see how it progresses