Heard about it ... Nothing but guesses and rumors. :-/
Also Chinese Room is just a name of the company, its small British developer team.
Im not really sure if they belong "under Paradox" if you know what i mean tho ... since it only make sense that someone from "within" would take over HSL. O_o Maybe they changed developer again? Nothing will surprise me anymore, about this game ... nothing except release date and good rewievs.
I still dont understand why cant we change Race for our hirelings. Lets us play Githyanki as racist as they trully are!