Game studio shuts down just days after launching anticipated MMO

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Image: Fntastic The Day Before, an open-world zombie survival MMO, experienced a dramatic series of events resulting in its developer closing down four days after the game’s launch. After a much-hyped trailer launch back in 2021, The Day Before...

Screenshot from The Day Before featuring a woman standing in a place that looks like New York City’s Times Square with abandoned cars in the street and giant lit up billboards advertising rock concerts. Image: Fntastic

The Day Before, an open-world zombie survival MMO, experienced a dramatic series of events resulting in its developer closing down four days after the game’s launch.

After a much-hyped trailer launch back in 2021, The Day Before became one of Steam’s most wishlisted games and, after a couple of delays, it launched in early access on December 7th.

After five years of blood, sweat, and tears, we can finally say these words: THE DAY BEFORE IS OUT NOW! https://t.co/q6BL7u9pzO#thedaybefore

— Fntastic (@FntasticHQ) December 7, 2023

Initial reviews were not great. Though billed as a survival MMO, players remarked that it was more like an extraction shooter but with mediocre loot. Players to team up with were sparse, enemies to shoot were...

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