They will be active again I believe. They monitor the forum here and there but haven't had access to the account. The owner replied to me a few minutes ago and I think they're going to make a new thread soon.
I propose you to control the new thread in order to be able to post updates and keep the thread more active creating a new account is not a solution if it is not active so you can convey this suggestion to the owner , especially if you can control some regular events in this forum eg weekly/monthly contest. we know there are lots of new competitors in this forum so best way is to make it more active.
If they decide to open a new thread they will likely want to control it. I'm not against some sort of community manager role to help out, but they IMO should be present to answer questions from the community as they would have access to information I wouldn't. Currently they're still dealing with fixing all the bugs from the new release. New thread is not on the top of their list I doubt, but could be soon.