Has it been Abandoned?
Developer Fntastic has announced The Day Before will not be releasing as expected on 1st March.
Instead, its zombie MMO is now set for release on 10th November.
The reason for this fairly sizable delay?
The developer claims it did not trademark the game’s name and now someone else has done so instead.
At this point, the developer assured fans all was well, and to just have a little patience.
“As you know, our game was announced in January 2021.
At the time of the announcement, The Day Before game trademark was available.
The developer then shared a link to said trademark, for reasons.
Fntastic went on to state it was not previously “aware of the existence of claims”.
“Now we find out all the circumstances of the incident and we will definitely solve everything.
Our 100 percent focus remains on the game itself and how to deliver you the best game possible.”
It is not something that you expect to hear when only a trademark filing is involved.
In fact, The Day Before has been the source of several raised eyebrows since its announcement.
This wording resulted in Fntastic further defending its choice to use unpaid volunteers to develop its games.
The company then went on to explain it had plans to hire some of its volunteers for full-time work.
