It's not actually abandoned by the devs. F95 just has rules for when they consider a game "abandoned". What a Legend has surpassed the time frame to get that tag. Once the update (eventually) releases it will get removed for another 18 months; this thread will blow up with discussion and praise for the update, art, story, etc. and a bunch of sour grapes whiners will continue complaining that they didn't get the update as fast as they wanted.
I for one am looking forward to the update and finally getting some Gomira content. If it's as good as the Rose update it should be a good time.