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MindsEye Dev's UK Workforce of Around 300 Receive At-Risk Emails as Former GTA Lead Leslie Benzies Finally Addresses Staff
- Leslie Benzies, head of Build a Rocket Boy, addressed the team on July 2 following the difficult launch of their first game, MindsEye, attributing the studio’s challenges to sabotage from both inside and outside the company.
- The game released on June 10 faced widespread criticism for bugs, poor performance, and uninspired gameplay, while claims of a sabotage campaign were contested by MindsEye’s publisher and external parties.
- Around 300 employees received emails warning them of job risks following the release, as BARB also dealt with falling player counts and mounting refund requests amid layoffs and executive departures.
- MindsEye holds a Metacritic score as low as 28 on PS5 and 38 on PC, with only 37% positive user reviews out of 1,833, reflecting the negative reception despite some staff focus and efforts on the game.
- Benzies vowed to relaunch MindsEye despite the challenges and uncertain plans, signaling a possible effort to recover player trust and stabilize the studio amid ongoing difficulties.
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MindsEye Dev's UK Workforce of Around 300 Receive At-Risk Emails as Former GTA Lead Leslie Benzies Finally Addresses Staff
Build A Rocket Boy, the Edinburgh, Scotland-based developer of MindsEye, has issued at-risk of redundancy emails to its around 300-strong UK workforce following the disastrous launch of the game. Meanwhile, development chief Leslie Benzies, former GTA lead at Rockstar, has finally addressed staff.
News from HD Tecnología. Visit www.hd-tecnologia.com for the latest news. MindsEye’s release in June this year was a disaster. Beyond bugs and technical problems, what most caught the attention was the sharp drop in sales and a terribly negative audience reception. Now, the studio behind the game, Build a Rocket Boy, not only confirms that there will be a revival, but also denounces sabotage from both inside and outside the team. A debut with fe…
The developer of MindsEye is said to have been sabotaged from inside you outside.
At the launch of MindsEye on June 10, 2025, a lot of things went wrong. From glitches to deformed bodies of the characters to performance problems, there was pretty much everything you can collect on your bingo card. According to MindsEye boss Leslie Benzies, "internal and external saboteurs" were responsible for the situation. more
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