That would be awkward in a way, it will mean the superiors didn't check the progress of the game at all.
I can only presume there was something wrong with the code and they have to rewrite a very big chunk of it, in development a bad implementation from start will mean countless hours of rework.
But it's curious how we really don't have anything, not even a small footage of how the match engine will look like from a graphical point of view.
I have been buying the game for 16 years now i think, I had my complains, but now I am in shock as I always respected their communication skills.
Funny I did not proceed with preordering due to not having any relevant footage on the Steam page.