The open-world MMO survival game The Day Before has been delayed amid a big change for how it's being made. Originally set to launch in June 2022, the game has now shifted to 2023, while developers at Fntastic are now using Epic's Unreal Engine 5 to create the game.

In a statement shared with IGN, the studio said it feels and understands the "great responsibility" of living up to fans' expectations. To that end, development is shifting to Unreal Engine 5 and the game is being push to a new release date of March 1, 2023. The studio said the change to Unreal Engine 5 will allow The Day Before to have gameplay that is "even more fantastic."

The Day Before gives off some major The Last of Us vibes, as we saw in a previous 13-minute gameplay demo. It is set in a post-pandemic America where zombies are a constant danger and the remaining humans are fighting to control what precious few resources remain.