The Day Before studio Fntastic shuts down just days after game launch FntasticThe Day Before studio Fntastic is already closing up shop, less than one week after the game\u2019s disastrous debut. Fntastic\u2019s original announcement of The Day Before in early 2021 garnered lots of internet buzz. To many, it looked like the perfect cross between The Division and The Last of Us. As a result, it went on to become the most wish-listed title on Steam. Such anticipation proved fleeting, however. Trailers without real gameplay left many wondering if the survival game actually existed, for example. The curious among us got their answer just a few days ago when the experience finally hit Steam Early Access boasting a $40 price tag. Bugs and other issues have kept some players from getting very far in The Day Before. And the \u201cmostly negative\u201d user reviews paint quite the picture for those who\u2019ve yet to dive in. The Day Before\u2019s Fntastic announces studio closure On its official Twitter\/X page, Fntastic shared that The Day Before\u2019s early financial failures are forcing the team to close up shop. The statement reads in part, \u201cUnfortunately, The Day Before has failed financially, and we lack the funds to continue. All income received is being used to pay off debts to our partners.\u201d The message goes on to note that developers spent five years and lots of energy on getting the game up and running. It later adds that the team didn\u2019t take any money from customers via pre-orders or crowd-funding campaigns. The Day Before\u2019s failure to turn an immediate profit, then, means that future content updates will never see the light of day. \u201cWe apologize if we didn\u2019t meet your expectations\u2026 unfortunately, we miscalculated our capabilities.\u201d The full statement features in the tweet below: To call this surprising news would be an understatement. Previous claims that the game was meant as a scam have already resurfaced, as evidenced in the tweet\u2019s replies. YouTuber Bigfry wrote, \u201cThis was an absolute scam from day one. This game should be de-listed from Steam and you should never be involved in the industry in ANY capacity ever again.\u201d Popular account Okami13_ joined the chorus as well, saying the developers should refund players for promising a games-as-a-service experience and not holding up their end. \u201cRefund everyone who bought it too. You sold a long-term GAAS and you\u2019re shutting it down after less than a week.\u201d Suffice it to say, this story with the Day Before and its studio will likely become even more interesting as time goes on and more information surfaces. Update (December 11 at 4:20 PM CT): As of writing, Steam users can no longer purchase The Day Before on the storefront. Wario64 called attention to this change mere hours after the studio closure announcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Day Before studio Fntastic shuts down just days after game launch FntasticThe Day Before studio Fntastic is already closing up shop, less than one week after the game\u2019s disastrous debut. Fntastic\u2019s original announcement of The Day Before in early 2021 garnered lots of internet buzz. To many, it looked like the perfect cross between […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}