The Day Before developer Fntastic has announced its closure mere days after the zombie game's hotly anticipated launch into Steam early access, citing the new release's financial failure and the studio's lack of funds to continue on. Fntastic opened its doors in 2015 and launched several games, including Propnight.
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"The Day Before has failed financially, and we lack the funds to continue. All income received is being used to pay off debts to our partners," says Fntastic in a statement on X (formerly Twitter).
"We invested all our efforts, resources, and man-hours into the development of The Day Before, which was our first huge game. 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.
"It's important to note that we didn't take any money from the public during the development of The Day Before; there were no pre-orders or crowdfunding campaigns. We worked tirelessly for five years, pouring our blood, sweat, and tears into the game."
Fntastic goes on to say that the future of both The Day Before and Propnight "is unknown." The servers for both games will remain online, but you can no longer purchase The Day Before.
Fntastic also apologizes "if we didn't meet your expectations," saying the team "did everything within our power, but unfortunately, we miscalculated our capabilities."
Today's news follows several days of chaos on the game's Discord, causing one volunteer mod to claim they'd been "thrown under the bus" by Fntastic, whom they say they hadn't had with since the controversy-filled launch.
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Fntastic has now privated all videos on its official YouTube channel, including The Day Before's launch trailer.