Having studied the game thoroughly I came to the conclusion that the game is just moving to the Beta branch stage since before that we always had alpha updates. And the fact that the developers have confirmed that the game will come out of early access in this state with an increased price tag. Wouldn't it be logical to change the name to 7 Days To Die (BETA)? Like everyone else is doing?
Okay, now I have reason to cope on TFP for prioritizing this at the very last.