The Day Before Dev Drops Digital Smoke Bomb, Disappears Days After Early Access Launch | Push Square

16.12.2023 - 15:20 / pushsquare.com / Matthew Perry / Nick Calandra

Update — Publisher Mytona has posted an update on The Day Before situation, pledging to work with Steam to open up refunds to any players who choose to do so.

The original story follows:

The Day Before saga has reached its seemingly inevitable conclusion, with developer Fntastic closing up shop just days after releasing the atrocious game into Steam's Early Access program. Sadly, this means the promised PS5 version will now likely never materialise.

Fntastic put out a brazen statement announcing the game's (and thus the studio's) immediate financial failure and that any money made would, unfortunately, be needed to pay off debts owed to the developer's partners. No funding means no patches, and Fntastic ends with the following: «We apologise if we didn't meet your expectations. We did everything within our power, but unfortunately, we miscalculated our capabilities. Creating games is an incredibly challenging endeavour.»

If that wasn't incriminating enough, the company's CEO, Eduard Gotovtsev, has coincidentally obliterated his online presence, dropping a digital smoke bomb and receding into the shadows. Second Wind's Nick Calandra has been covering the action in real-time, and we are beginning to suspect this company might not have been on the up-and-up after all.

Fans and even developers were quick to mock the entire affair, with the social team behind DayZ being especially quick off the mark. The Rust team also got in on the action, in what is likely just the tip of the meme iceberg.

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Who could have possibly predicted such a shocking turn of events? Are you surprised to see The Day Before so quickly abandoned? Do a vanishing act in the comments section below.

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Rug, meet Pull.

We all knew that they were scammers

Not the only studio to die today. Rest in peace Free Radical.

”Sadly, this means the promised PS5 version will now likely never materialise.”

Sadly is not the word I would choose!

So the PS5 version isn't cancelled yet. I was worried, phew.

To quote Benny from Fallout New Vegas (RIP Matthew Perry) 'The game was rigged from start'

Seriously tho with all these unfinished products from the likes of gamemill and scams like this there needs to be some laws implemented. Or if they exist, acted on

The question I have is...did they even run off with that much money? Like was all of this worth it in the end?

@Bentleyma haha! I was thinking the exact same thing!

Freaking