The Day Before studio announces closure, less than a week after launch
It has been four days since the launch of the much, much-aligned zombie shooter The Day Before. Today, the developer, Fntastic, has announced it’s closing its doors.
Fntastic took to Twitter to formally declare what some folks may have already seen coming. The studio behind The Day Before writes that the game “has failed financially,” and that it “lacks the funds” to keep the rapidly sinking ship afloat. Fntastic claims in the note that it will use the income received from game sales to pay off debts to its partners.
“We invested all our efforts, resources, and man-hours into the development of The Day Before, which was our first huge game,” the company wrote in its letter. “We really wanted to release new patches to reveal the full potential of the game, but unfortunately, we don’t have the funding to continue the work.”
The team behind Propnight says The Day Before will continue to linger for a while longer. Fntastic plans to keep the servers running for both the game and Propnight, though the future of both is “unknown.”
“We apologize if we didn’t meet your expectations,” Fntastic continued. “We did everything within our power, but unfortunately, we miscalculated our capabilities. Creating games is an incredibly challenging endeavor.”
Since the game’s launch on December 7, both it and Fntastic have been under fire from players and the media. The Day Before‘s launch has been nothing short of disastrous, as footage of bugs and boring gameplay filled the digital landscape. Our own Steven Mills struggled to even play the game during its launch, something many other players had in common.
Players have also lobbed criticism at the studio, saying that the game is more representative of an extraction shooter like Tarkov t
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