If anything, the main reason things are taking as long as they are is tax related. While I can't speak for how things are done where they are based out of, as somebody who works for a small business owner, it is a major undertaking to keep things balanced even with a good accountant. Then there's the fact that they probably had to jump through a bunch of legal hoops to make updates to their business account and then acquire whatever permits they needed to get for infrastructure improvements which can take WEEKS and/or MONTHS to finalize, and that's assuming there were no mistakes made during the initial filings.

With that all in mind, they probably lost the better part of a year just getting things straightened out so they could move forward fully as opposed to snails-pace like they've had to.

Thankfully things look like they're starting to pick up as we're getting a gameplay trailer in a couple days, and those aren't usually released very long before the actual update/release itself happens. Just be patient, we'll get our answers one way or another fairly soon.