We all thought that news from The Day Before was going to end too, but the whole sordid story of this zombie extraction shooter apparently has one more page to it, as Steam keys for the game are going for hundreds of dollars on the keyseller grey market.
According to tracking on GG.deals, Steam keys for the game that killed a whole studio have been resold by keyselling websites between $230 to $240 over the past week. As of right now, the lowest price available for a key is $233, though there are other sites that are asking for $427.
As we’ve mentioned before, our readers were already smart enough to avoid The Day Before even at its base early access price, but even so it should be pointed out that the game’s red flag-filled launch, which we’ve chronicled in the list below, does not command three figures, to say nothing about the fact that this is an online game and its servers can be shut down at any time. Still, this is the free market at work, right?
In related news, Fntastic has resurfaced one more time on Twitter to deny rumors that the studio changed its name to The Wild Eight. “We have not been affiliated with The Wild Eight for many years,” the studio states.
• The Day Before studio Fntastic is back on Kickstarter to try to fund a multiplayer obstacle course platformer
• Former devs of The Day Before recount a workplace of employee fines, shifting whims, and ‘pure megalomaniacal chaos’
• The Day Before studio claims to be the target of misinformation and a hate campaign
• The Day Before has officially sunsetted, bringing its early access drama to a final ending
• The Day Before Steam keys go for three figures on the grey market as Fntastic announces server closures
• ‘Shit happens,’ The Day Before devs tell disgruntled players as mass-refunds continue
• The Day Before dev studio announces its closure, claims the game ‘failed financially’
• The Day Before devs downplay original massively multiplayer pitch as playerbase and reviews plummet
• The Day Before actually launched – and it’s already being savaged in reviews
• Ahead of launch, Fntastic tells players The Day Before is not a scam or an asset flip
• Survival shooter The Day Before shows off Times Square ad space ahead of December 7 early access
• The Day Before just delayed to December with its post-trademark-dispute early access
• Survival MMO The Day Before heralds news of Steam page return, release timing, and ‘final trailer’ November 1
• The Day Before talks player housing, lifeskilling, volunteer workers, and the ongoing trademark dispute
• The Day Before studio still claims it’s working on beta and Steam reinstatement
• Worried about The Day Before? Its sauna will melt your cares away!
• Survival MMO The Day Before struggles to secure trademark as YouTube bans its videos
• Survival MMO The Day Before is abruptly delayed to November over an apparent trademark dispute
• Post-apoc survival shooter The Day Before promises raw gameplay footage sometime in January
• GeForce CES showcase offers extra gameplay footage from Throne and Liberty, The Day Before, and Party Animals
• The Day Before is an open-world survival MMO set in a post-zombie pandemic apocalypse
Update
Welp that didn’t take long. Now The Day Before studio Fntastic has announced it’s
shutting the servers down too as of January 22nd. File it under “more stuff everyone with half a brain saw coming.”
