The Day Earlier than dev Fntastic publicizes server closure & computerized refunds – WGB, House of AWESOME Opinions

The Day Earlier than developer Fntastic has made what could very nicely be its last official assertion earlier than fully shutting down. In it, they reveal when the servers might be shutting down and supply an replace in regard to refunds.

The story of The Day Earlier than and Fntastic has, in fact, been one in every of chaos, mendacity and stupidity that culminated in Fntastic asserting it had run out of cash simply 4 days after The Day Earlier than launched on Steam. For the entire rundown, you possibly can take a look at my prolonged article monitoring the sport from its announcement to its destruction.

In keeping with this newest publish from Fntastic, not solely have they “formally ceased operations” however the servers for The Day Earlier than will go offline on January 22, 2024. That is barely shocking as Fntastic had beforehand referenced a contract with its server supplier for round $1 million for one yr, so presumably they will need to have paid off the remaining stability, or writer and investor Mytona could have of their stead.

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Beforehand, Fntastic and Mytona confirmed that they had been working with Steam to refund gamers no matter playtime. Nevertheless, in as we speak’s assertion Fntastic appears to be indicated that ALL gamers might be getting refunded mechanically.

“As beforehand communicated, Mytona, because the investor, has been working in collaboration with Steam to facilitate the refunds for all the sport purchases,” reads the assertion. “For any gamers that haven’t already had their buy refunded, Steam will now proactively refund all remaining gamers.”

Hilariously, grey-market key resellers and different locations have been itemizing The Day Earlier than keys for a whole lot of {dollars}, presumably hoping that the truth that it’s now not available for purchase will by some means make it uncommon and invaluable. In fact, simply because they’re promoting it at these costs doesn’t imply anybody is shopping for them. Varied customers on Reddit have additionally reported getting free keys from Fntastic workers just by Emailing them, as a result of why not?