Earlier this week, The Day Before launched its early entry lauch to close universally destructive opinions, shortly touchdown itself a spot amongst Steam’s 10 worst reviewed video games checklist. Now, simply after saying its closure just a few hours in the past, studio FNTASTIC has eliminated the acquisition button on the sport’s Steam web page and is now seemingly wiping its presence from the web.
Based on the sport’s Steam page, The Day Before is now not accessible for buy, marking the top of its short-lived 4 days in early entry. The recreation’s SteamDB page additionally exhibits adjustments to the sport’s listed developer from FNTASTIC to Mytona Fntastic and again, probably displaying an inner battle after the studio introduced its closure.
Alongside the sport’s delisting, FNTASTIC is now seemingly eradicating its presence from the web fully. Journalist Nick Calandra compiled a thread displaying off the studio’s important disappearance, revealing that its web site, YouTube channel, and even Medium account had been shut down. CEO Eduard Gotovtsev additionally deleted his accounts on X/Twitter and LinkedIn.
Should you wanted any extra indication The Day Before is a rip-off, the CEO of FNTASTIC has nuked himself from Twitter. pic.twitter.com/oosad3bwUe
— Nick Calandra (@nickjcal) December 11, 2023
Calandra famous that the web site’s closure leaves gamers, who had been promised updates to the sport and paid $39, and not using a strategy to contact the studio in any respect. The recreation remains to be dealing with bugs and server points together with complaints of false guarantees — gamers had been fast to note that the sport isn’t an open-world MMO regardless of its promoting.
FNTASTIC’s departure from Steam and social media is simply the most recent growth in a saga that is been unfolding since lengthy earlier than the sport’s controversy-filled early entry launch. Before its launch, gamers grew skeptical after delays (even after the studio promised no extra delays), a trademark dispute, and the studio’s open use of unpaid staff.
Amelia Zollner is a contract author at IGN who loves all issues indie and Nintendo. Outdoors of IGN, they’ve contributed to websites like Polygon and Rock Paper Shotgun. Discover them on Twitter: @ameliazollner.