When it launched this summer, MindsEye obtained the unenviable title of the worst-rated game of 2025. Our own MindsEye review called it "an uninspired and forgettable sci-fi action adventure that feels like a Netflix movie you watch while on your phone," and the debacle seemed all the more notable because it was directed by Leslie Benzies, formerly a long-time producer at Rockstar who oversaw everything from GTA to Red Dead Redemption.
While MindsEye would turn into the butt of a whole lot of jokes, it's likely never been funny for the people who spent a stretch of their lives making it. A group of current and former employees at developer Build A Rocket Boy, alongside the Game Workers Branch of the Independent Workers of Great Britain, have issued an open letter to Benzies and co-CEO Mark Gerhard, alleging multiple types of mismanagement at the studio.
