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The Day Before: Between fraud and incompetence
“We’ll show you,” the developers of The Day Before boasted to all doubters – even right up to the release day. And well… something They definitely showed us.
The game is an absolute disaster and is not remotely reminiscent of the first trailer material from 2021 – now the studio behind the supposed survival MMO is closing. But can false advertising like this actually be legal? And what about the allegations of asset theft and Steam’s responsibility as a distribution platform?
We asked the lawyer and gaming expert Kai Bodensiek and the answers to all your questions. In addition, Géraldine, together with Micha and Jonas, analyzes how it could have gotten this far and what abysses still lie behind The Day Before.
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Ever since the first trailer we doubted the authenticity of The Day Before – every subsequent report was riddled with anger and scandal. Unpaid employees, asset theft, postponements and the assumption that potential buyers are being duped.
But was there really a malicious intention to deceive behind it? If so, then the developers have shot themselves in the foot, because we note: Even that they would have done extremely incompetently.
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