MindsEye Developer Under Fire From Employees For Surveillance Software

MindsEye Developer Under Fire From Employees For Surveillance Software

Several Build a Rocket Boy employees, represented by the IWGB Game Workers Union, allege that invasive surveillance software was installed on their devices

The MindsEye Saga Never Ends as Devs Accuse Studio of Violating Their Privacy

TeramindsEye.Another week, another depressingly concerning development in the MindsEye saga.We're close to a full year out from the initial release of the frankly dreadful open world title, and we're still being presented with bad news.Read the full article on pushsquare.com

What happened with MindsEye surveillance lawsuit?

MindsEye workers sue over alleged invasive surveillance A group of unionised staff at MindsEye (the developer behind Build a Rocket Boy ) has taken legal action against the studio, alleging management installed surveillance software on employees’ devices. The dispute centers on claims that workers…

Unionized MindsEye Developers Have Taken Legal Action Against Build a Rocket Boy Management for Spying on Staff

Last year, Build a Rocket Boy released MindsEye, a game that was arguably the worst release of 2025 and one of the worst launches in video game history, something that the studio's leadership even acknowledged. But it didn't do so while bearing the full brunt of the blame. Studio leadership Mark Gerhard and Leslie Benzies have held that the game's poor launch was the result of internal and external corporate espionage and sabotage, which Benzies…

MindsEye studio faces new legal action over employee surveillance software that workers' union alleges was 'recording individuals in their homes and without their consent'

The IWGB union says the software was removed in March, but BARB is refusing to disclose what data it collected.