I awoke this morning to an email from the Steam support team to say they have now unretired the game...WHAT!
I specifically asked for this to NOT be done yet...it's not ready!
This undoes weeks of careful planning about how and when this will all happen and negates everything I have already said previously.
What's worse, It can't be easily undone.
Frustrated doesn't begin to describe how I'm feeling right now.
All I can recommend is that everybody just holds on tight and waits for the updated game release.
Urgh.