The game has been in certification for a few weeks, which is what we posted on social media.
Up til that point, we were working on getting the game to meet certification requirements. Things such as how UI functions and is displayed, FPS standards, multiplayer infrastructure (hello Steam GOG cross-play, you can thank the XBox port), etc.
Keep in mind also that most of this work was done by one programmer (a substantial % of our staff when you consider we are a team of 13).
If some people are losing their minds over this, I’m afraid we can’t help that.
It’s too bad the comments about how some other game in a series that’s been on console since forever, developed by a AAA publisher-backed studio, went through certification quickly are gone. It’s almost like the two scenarios don’t remotely equate.