Your programmers were a little unfocused, thereby some bugs have appeared in your current game.
A virus caused some of your graphic files to be deleted for the current game. Your graphic designers are now trying to compensate for the loss.
A song for the current game resembles a rock song from the charts too much. To avoid being sued, this song has been removed.
There were problems with the drivers for different input devices. Some functions have to be rewritten.
One of your level designers has accidentally overwriten an already finished level. The entire level must be recreated.
Your programmers are lucky. Some bug reports have been proved to be false. This saves us a lot of time.
One of your graphic designers has worked in his spare time on the current game. He has revised and improved a lot of it's graphics.
One of your sound specialists has found an old, unused song of his. This song sounds great and has been added to the current game.
Your programmers get the actual SDK (Software Development Kit), thereby some technical issues are resolved.
In a brainstorm some great ideas for the current game have been proposed. These should significantly improve the game.
A known Let's Player showed a beta version of your game. The hype has risen markedly.
A magazine for computer games has released a negative report of your game. Thereby, the hype has fallen.