Sigh, really people. He's on mIRC right now in Cake's channel.
The three options here:
A) He's leaving the industry
B) This is a ploy
He wouldn't be going public about leaving if he was leaving the industry without giving a full story. So, my money's on B.
His site was changed to try and cause a panic, and he's succeeded. He probably planned this with some guys over drinks at ASE or he's working on some release and wanted to drive some free publicity for when he launches it.