The Day Before Delayed To November 2023 Amid Trademark Dispute And Legal Issues

The post-apocalyptic zombie game The Day Before, which has been criticized for its reported use of unpaid workers, has been delayed to November 2023 due in part to a trademark issue, it seems. The game has been pushed from March 2023 to November 2023.

Developer Fntastic and publisher Mytona said in a statement that Steam blocked The Day Before from getting a page on the store due to a request from a private individual over the game’s name. The studio said when it announced The Day Before in January 2021, the name “The Day Before” was available to trademark as a video game. After this, a person registered that name with the US Patent and Trademark Office, beating Fntastic to the punch.

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Fntastic went on to say that it found out about the trademark issue on January 19, 2023, when the person owning The Day Before’s video game trademark reached out with a request to talk. “Now we find out all the circumstances of the incident and we will definitely solve everything,” Fntastic said.

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