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The Day Before is Delayed to November 2023 Because of a Strange Trademark Issue

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Published: Jan 25, 2023 12:07 pm

In a recent tweet, FNTASTIC, the developers of The Day Before, stated that the game release date is getting pushed back to November 2023. In their tweet, they cited a trademark issue that is extremely convoluted and a rookie mistake. Also, is this delay really just because of a trademark issue?

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Previously to this news, The Day Before was supposed to release on March 1, 2023. With a month to go before their game was set to release, FNTASTIC decided to check out their trademark status. When they did, they discovered that a private individual trademarked The Day Before in 2022.

https://twitter.com/FntasticHQ/status/1618113906878337024

The rookie mistake on the part of FNTASTIC was developing a game before they solidified their trademarks. Since development on The Day Before started in January 2021, the trademark should have been secured then.

Instead, a private individual trademarked it in January 2022. Lastly, it should not have taken FNTASTIC a full year, with a month to go before the game is released, to discover that they don’t own the trademark to The Day Before.

Trademark drama aside, we think that the reason The Day Before is getting delayed to November 2023 is because it isn’t ready to be released. After watching the latest RTX support trailer, it is clear that The Day Before isn’t in great shape.

While the trademark issue is a legit concern for FNTASTIC, it might have aligned perfectly because, in our opinion, they were going to have to delay the game anyway. I’m not sure how long trademark disputes take to figure out, but eight months is pretty generous. To us, it seems FNTASTIC is blaming the trademark when the full picture could be because The Day Before is not ready to be released.

The Day Before will release in November 2023, on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

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Noah Nelson
From his early days of blog-style music, movie, and game reviews to working as the Esports Writer at Coastline Community College, Noah Nelson now works fulltime as a Staff Writer for Attack of the Fanboy and PC Invasion. He has been helping gamers everywhere with Destiny 2 god rolls, Warzone 2 DMZ missions, and collectibles in any indie game for over a year and a half. His Bachelor's Degree in English Rhetoric and Composition with a minor in Journalism from CSULB has shaped him to be a strong writer and editor. His fondest gaming memory is playing Sly Cooper 2 after begging his mom (for hours) to play it before his birthday and he still cries myself to sleep remembering the time he accidentally saved over his 99% completion save file in Kingdom Hearts 2.