The Day Before studio reportedly sues Russian website for calling infamous disaster-game a ‘scam’

First reported by 80 Level, The Day Before studio Fntastic has reportedly sued Russian news site Yakutia.info, which is based in Fntastic’s founders’ home region of Yakutia in Siberia. The suit claims Yakutia.info damaged Fntastic’s reputation by referring to the company’s behavior surrounding The Day Before as a “scam.”

The news comes from Yakutia.info itself, which says the suit pivots on one story that referred to Fntastic’s activity as a “scam,” as well as another story that paraphrased YouTube influencers who accused The Day Before of having copied or “borrowed” mechanics from other games. As a note, I accessed Yakutia.info’s story via Google’s automated translation.

Yakutia.info characterizes the word “scam” as “relatively new in the Russian language,” and argues it did not intend to accuse Fntastic of fraud. Yakutia.info amended both stories after the fact, changing “scam” to “embarrassment,” and directly quoting the influencers instead of paraphrasing them.