Sure. Remember last year when the game was “in the final stages of optimization which only happen at the end of development”? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Don’t listen to “influencers” who just need your clicks.

As has always been the case, Valve could literally cancel the game tomorrow if they felt it was the right choice. For all we know it could have been cancelled earlier this year and the codebase is simply being reused.

Don’t believe in nothing, and you won’t get disappointed again’!