GameMaker goes free for non-commercial use, after Unity fallout

The Day Before, once Steam's most wish-listed open-world survival MMO, has been delisted from Valve's platform. The game launched in early access to an almost immediate flood of negative reviews last week, with most players claiming that it wasn't really an MMO but an extraction shooter reminiscent of Escape from Tarkov, combined with the post-apocalyptic threats of The Last of Us. The misleading gameplay claims were made worse by several game-breaking glitches that caused characters to clip off from the map, an incomplete and sparse world devoid of action, and inconsistent online features. Merely five days after release, the game is no longer available to buy on Steam and Fntastic, the studio behind the game, has announced it is shutting down and working on refunds for customers who bought the game.

The Day Before publisher Mytona has announced that it is currently working with Steam to offer refunds to those upset after the game's absolutely disastrous launch.

After finally releasing The Day Before on Steam Early Access roughly four days ago, developer Fntastic has announced its closure.

This past Thursday, December 7, developer Fntastic's The Day Before launched on Steam. Now on Monday, December 11 (today), Fntastic is closing its doors. 

The Day Before has «failed financially,» studio Fntastic says in a statement.

Last Thursday, the studio behind “post-apocalyptic open-world MMO survival” game The Day Before launched the game that had become Steam’s most-wishlisted title based on a splashy reveal trailer. On Monday, the studio said it was shutting down and that no more updates will be released for The Day Before.

Guildford.Games Ltd – a not-for-profit initiative introduced to «showcase the local industry and bring the concentrated, creative talent within Guildford to the attention of the world» – has confirmed its 2024 event will kick off on 16th February 2024.

New PS Plus promotion Season of Play began yesterday, allowing anyone with a PSN account on PS5, PS4 to claim five new Avatars without charge. There should be a page on your console's home screen detailing what's on offer, but if you are only looking for the free Avatars, you'll just need to input the correct code for your region on the PS Store.

Over the years, NASA's most powerful James Webb Space Telescope has been providing amazing insights on deep space to researchers and astronomers. Now, it has snapped a scary looking star-forming galaxy in deep space which was created millions of years ago. The galaxy was first captured by the Hubble Space Telescope earlier, however, it had disappeared from the images. Then, NASA's Webb telescope catured a faint image of the galaxy when it reappeared. Know more about this ghostly galaxy here.

After offering up some of their accessibility inventions for free a couple of years ago - including the context-aware ping system seen in Apex Legends and code for a colourblindness tool - Electronic Arts are opening up even more of their accessibility features for anyone to use.

Who doesn’t love when something is free? That’s what we thought. Free is the ultimate “win,” especially when you’re getting a good quality item for free. For example, if you’re getting a former Game of the Year candidate video game for free, you’re doing something right. What title are we talking about? Deathloop. The game by Arkhane Lyon and Bethesda was one of the surprise hits of 2021 and got heaps of praise from fans and critics. It was so beloved that it’s one of Bethesda’s best-reviewed games. Yes, it has a better rating than Starfield, and it deserves it.

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