Tag: Build A Rocket Boy
News The MindsEye Situation Only Gets Uglier as Devs Accuse Management of Mistreatment
MindsEye of the storm
MindsEye has been an unmitigated disaster for developer Build A Rocket Boy, and somehow, the whole situation just got even worse. Following on from a wave of layoffs and reports that roughly 300 employees' jobs were at risk, the project's management — specifically ex-GTA producer Leslie Benzies and co-CEO Mark Gerhard — is...
News Massive PS5 Failure MindsEye Delays Promised Hitman Level
"Postponed to a later date"
MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy has announced it's pushing back the previously confirmed Hitman level it has in store for its colossal PS5 failure. Previously set to arrive this month, the mission featuring Agent 47 has now been delayed indefinitely. "We look forward to delivering this exciting crossover when the...
Rumour PS5 Disaster MindsEye Wants 'Redemption Arc' Despite Hundreds of Jobs Being 'At Risk'
MindsEyefulness
Some kind of comeback attempt for MindsEye could be on the cards, following the game's dismal launch on PS5 and other platforms last month. This is according to a new report from IGN, which paints a bleak picture of what's going behind the scenes at developer Build A Rocket Boy. Sources say that around 300 employees at the studio...
News MindsEye Studio Confirms Its Layoff Process Has Started
100+ workers potentially affected
MindsEye studio Build a Rocket Boy has started a redundancy process that could see more than 100 of its UK workers lose their jobs over the coming weeks, a new IGN report claims. Sources within the team tell the outlet that management has begun a 45-day consultation process, which starts when a company in the UK...
News MindsEye Considered an 'Abject' PS5 Pro, PS5 Game in Tech Analysis
Both consoles subject to a 30fps cap
Video game tech experts Digital Foundry have called MindsEye "abject" in a new analysis of the year's worst game, with mention of a 30 frames-per-second cap on both a base PS5 and even the enhanced PS5 Pro. The outlet finds absolutely no graphical modes to choose from, and even the 30fps cap the title ships with...
News Sony Approves MindsEye PS5 Refunds as Dev Issues 'Sincere Apology'
Eyestrain
It's not going great for MindsEye, the weirdly marketed third-person shooter that's just arrived on PS5. The game hit Sony's console just a couple of days ago on the 10th June, but as reported by TheGamer, the platform holder is already dishing out refunds to early buyers. As you may already know, PlayStation tends to be more...
Review MindsEye (PS5) - GTA Producer's Latest Is a Futuristic Faceplant
Red Rock Bottom
Until we actually got our hands on MindsEye, we weren't clear what kind of game it even is. Is it an open world title? Is it linear? How does the user-generated Everywhere project fit into it all? We’ll get into all of those, but the most important thing to know about MindsEye is that it’s a disjointed and tragic mess of a game...
Hands On MindsEye Is a Boring Mess
How did it come to this?
There's been a lot of mystery surrounding MindsEye, a third-person action adventure from new studio Build A Rocket Boy – even more so when review codes weren’t sent out early. However, we’ve now managed to wrack up a few hours with this latest PS5 release and... well, it isn’t great. MindsEye is a very weird game...
Site News Where's Our MindsEye PS5 Review?
Out of mind
MindsEye is out today on PS5, but we unfortunately don't have a review for you to read. And that's a shame for all of us, because we've been dying to actually see what MindsEye is all about. This is a game that's raised eyebrows ever since it was announced — a title that's looked odd basically every time we've been handed footage...
News First MindsEye PS5 Copies Leak, Dev Stresses to Wait for Day 1 Patch
Play it "without bias", says studio
With its 10th June 2025 release date right around the corner, physical PS5 copies of MindsEye have started to appear, posted online by buyers. Given the curiosity surrounding the title, many purchasers have immediately jumped into the game before the day one patch is out. The results, as you might expect, are...
News MindsEye CEO Says People Are Being Paid to 'Trash the Game' Online
In a "concerted effort" against the studio
Mark Gerhard, co-CEO at MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy, believes the underwhelming reaction to the imminent PS5 game is a result of a "concerted effort" to "trash the game" and the studio, where those with negative feedback are being paid by someone to share it. In a series of posts on the game's...
News MindsEye Really Does Look Like a Long-Lost PS3 Game
Overview trailer provides best look yet
When marketing the PS3 in the build-up to its release, Sony confirmed a shooter called Eight Days. It was never actually released, but the demo that revealed it has lived in our minds ever since. MindsEye, weirdly, feels like the PS5's spiritual successor to that London Studio effort, even though there's no...
News Ex-GTA Producer Reveals Futuristic Third-Person Action Shooter MindsEye for PS5
Eye eye
Described as an 'action-adventure thriller', MindsEye is a newly announced PS5 title set in the relatively near future. It's coming to Sony's console this summer. It's directed by Leslie Benzies, who was once the president of Rockstar North up in Scotland. He was producer on every Grand Theft Auto title dating back to GTA 3, as well as the...
