I ordered a Regalla Edition physical disc version from Best Buy's website a few hours after Playstation Store listed it
The AfD is Germany's far right anti-immigrant, extremist political party. They won support for their views on blocking immigrants entry into Germany. They also have ties to extremist groups so I think the studio founder is talking about more than a difference of opinion.
I could be wrong but based on the size of the debt incurred by Curt Schilling and 38 Studios I highly doubt that a delay in release date was realistic, they were probably hamstrung by the due date of the loan payments. In the end it was a small studio which bit off more than they could chew by developing the MMO so soon instead of establishing themselves as a studio first and waiting to make the MMO until they had some sustained success.
Just an FYI for the author but Plaigairism is spelled airism and not iarism.
Based on the short sentence below the headline the game already came out last year...thankfully the video said 2022 at the end.