A few weeks ago, we introduced you to the different video games in open-world planned for 2022, the opportunity to have an overview of the many novelties that await us this year. And among all these titles, there was a MMOs (lMassively Multiplayer Online) from survival, set in an America ravaged by a virulent pandemic, which interested many players. Unfortunately, it seems that a recent information has come to strain the patience of fans of the genre.
bad news for survival fans
While The Day Before, the next open-world survival MMO developed by Fntastic, was supposed to be released next monththe hype had never been greater for the game. Indeed, the latter is currently at the top of the most wanted games chart on Steam, thus proving the expectation of the players for this brand new title. And yet, they will have to take their troubles patiently, because the developers have made an official communication, in which we learn in particular that the release date of the game is now postponed.
As reported IGN, Fntastic has released a statement explaining that the game will be moving to a next-gen engine by moving to Unreal Engine 5. Therefore, the transition will take time, and the exit from The Day Before was eventually pushed back to March next year. Find below the press release from the developers:
Millions of people have added The Day Before to their wishlist, making The Day Before one of the most anticipated games in the world.
Feeling and understanding the great responsibility upon us and with immense gratitude in our hearts, we are happy to announce that The Day Before is moving to the new Unreal Engine 5 technology! The transition to a more advanced and responsive open worlds engine will make The Day Before gameplay even more fantastic.
In this regard, we inform you that the new release date of the game will be March 1, 2023.
Good news for some, for whom the switch to Unreal Engine 5 is a pledge of promise and that this will make it possible to deploy the capacities of this ambitious title to the maximum. But it’s also bad news for all those who were eager to try out this new game from this young Russian studio.
As a reminder, The Day Before is a Survival MMO that immerses us in a post-apocalyptic America infested with “infected”on the border between The Division and The Last of Us. Its complete and diversified gameplay, the interactions with other players and the environment, as well as the rich and extensive world were all reasons that managed to seduce the public.
However, some are still a little skeptical about these promises which may seem excessive.. Indeed, Fntastic is a young and still unknown development studio founded in 2015, located in Russia. Despite having very few games to its credit, the studio still gained notoriety last year, following the release of the game Propnight.
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