It's because they got DMCA from Microsoft, so they going silent for a while.
Edit: It seems they lost the development team for the game, so they not able to work on it.
The biggest reason? Its because Microsoft owns Minecraft, and they believe that the game is violating of having inappropriate content that could damage Minecraft.
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Honestly, i feel it would just be better if Microsoft could stop being stupid about games being damaged by other games, cause clearly it does not damage the reputation of Minecraft.
I mean, this game is just based around what people been doing on Minecraft to begin with, just for jokes and memes.
All im seeing is that the person who is giving out the DMCA is likely a Karen type who does nothing more then want to have money in their own pocket.