Fntastic Studio Shuts Down - The Day Before Had Over 50% Refunds, Devs Can't Afford Servers [UPDATE]
[UPDATE 1:50PM PT] After news that Fntastic was shutting down following the disastrous launch of The Day Before, it appears you can no longer purchase it on Steam, according to industry insider Wario64.
<p dir=«ltr» lang=«en» xml:lang=«en»>The Day Before can no longer be purchased on Steam pic.twitter.com/clHDh9up0vWe headed to the Steam store listing and can confirm that it is no longer for sale. The news feed on the Steam page has not been updated, though, with any news of the company shutting down, and throughout the day Fntastic has been nuking its social and community presence, from its own Discord — which is in chaos right now — to removing all traces of videos from its YouTube channel.
Original Story Follows Below:
The saga of what was once The Day Before has been put to rest. New developments have been speeding by at a mile a minute, and the developers at Fntastic have shut down the studio. Here's a recap of what's happened since the gamelaunched 4 days ago.
The way The Day Before has been going, it’s hard to deny that thegame was in a very public crisis. After losing 80% of active players in 4 days, and many of the negative reviews left on steam having been refunded already, it’s hard to discount that there are some major issues with the game.
The developers were not sure what they needed to do. A day after launch the team at Fntastic promised that they would wipe the servers due to a duplication exploit that granted players the ability to make endless coins, and buy whatever they wanted. The developers planned for a wipe, which would have resulted in the loss of all progress players made, but the wipe has not happened, and will not happen as the team is shutting down the studio and the game (though it remains
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