Because there are enough people that want to "believe", Blue Box (balls instead of box would be more appropriate ) Game Studios can keep pandering to them ... er, stringing them along.
Oh man, this is so frustrating. When I see updates to this thread I come in here very excited hoping to see news that this project finally has been canceled for good, only to be disapointed to discover its still going on... I can't wait to never hear of this game again...
There's an interview with the Hassan guy done by Colin Moriarty, but its for his Patreon subscribers atm. From Twitter comments I read, seems like he doesn't clear anything up, though, and he kept circling around the questions Colin asked. I believe he uploads high profile interviews like this one to Youtube few days after Patreon for free viewing, so there's that to look forward to.