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Clarity sought as Scottish games studio 'closing' amid jobs lost

QUESTIONS have been raised around the future of an Edinburgh-based games studio, launched by one of the main producers of the Grand Theft Auto…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 18

MindsEye has multiplayer and a grenade football mode now, which the handful of people still playing it will no doubt be thrilled to hear

Update 8 also further addresses the campaign's many problems.

PC Gamer · Jul 25

‘Netflix has to evolve’: can the upstart survive the end of the binge-watch era?

Streaming pioneer that transformed TV faces slowing growth and battle for viewers’ attention from YouTube

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24

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‘End of an era’: what is the future of British TV after Sky’s ITV takeover?

Merger stokes fears over job cuts, US influence and possible BBC and Channel 4 tie-up to take on Netflix and YouTube

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11

MindsEye developers protest against a fan event their own studio is hosting

Another bizarre twist in the Build a Rocket Boy saga.

PC Gamer · Jul 8

ITV wins World Cup ratings battle with BBC in tournament’s first week

ITV had four of the five highest television audiences in the UK in the World Cup’s first week, topped by England’s 4-2 win over Croatia

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19

MindsEye’s salvaged Hitman DLC cuts Agent 47, and seemingly a good chunk of its staff, too

Sabotage continues.

Destructoid · May 6

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I played the MindsEye mission about the alleged game saboteurs, and it sucks so bad

The mission is dull and witless, and the promised "evidence" of sabotage against developer Build a Rocket Boy utterly fails to materialize.

PC Gamer · Apr 30

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.

PC Gamer · Apr 21

TV set is most popular way to watch YouTube in UK, study finds

Television outranks laptops, tablets and smartphones across all age groups, according to audience review

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19

Build A Rocket Boy dumpster fire flares up in exciting new ways as its co-CEO reportedly claims the 'guys who've been sabotaging MindsEye' have been identified—and will be demonized via an in-game spy mission

You can say and do all kinds of things when you're running a company.

PC Gamer · Feb 6

MindsEye was one of the most catastrophic game launches of 2025 but the studio refuses to quit: Its 'most significant post-launch update' is now live and an expansion is coming later this year

None of this makes sense to me, but it's sure interesting to watch.

PC Gamer · Feb 4

MindsEye studio boss threatens legal action against YouTuber as co-CEO Leslie Benzies denies Epstein allegations: 'I have never met Jeffrey Epstein, nor have I ever visited his island'

The "cease and desist" demand was posted to the MindsEye Discord just minutes after Cyber Boi's video went live.

PC Gamer · Feb 3

As most TV viewers tune in via broadband, will 2034 signal the death of Freeview?

The aerial-accessed service has a fast-dwindling audience but when exactly to switch the platform off is proving highly divisive

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29

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The Guardian - UK · Jan 28

YouTube criticised after pulling out of UK TV audience measurement

Owner Google moves to block Barb data access months after allowing 200 channels to be monitored

Evening Standard · Jan 21

How The Traitors became the most-watched programme on UK television

An average audience of 14.9 million saw the final of The Celebrity Traitors in November 2025.

The Conversation · Jan 16

YouTube may have surpassed the BBC in viewer share, but that’s not the whole picture – a media expert explains

News this week from the Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (BARB) that YouTube has surpassed the BBC in viewing share has been widely framed as a tipping point. Some read it as a final nail in the future of public service broadcasting in a platform-led age.

The Independent UK · Jan 14

BBC officially surpassed in viewership milestone

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The Independent UK · Jan 14

An opportunity or a threat? How YouTube rose and rose to overtake the BBC

YouTube has officially dethroned the BBC with its enormous British viewing figures, after surpassing ITV last summer

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025

Celebrity Traitors is set for a record audience. How high could the ratings go?

The Celebrity Traitors has become the most-watched TV show of the year in the UK, even prior to its final episode. The first four episodes of the BBC One game show averaged 12.6 million viewers, based on official seven-day consolidated figures from Barb. The show's audience has shown a consistent…

Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2025

Celebrity Traitors final: How high could the ratings go?

Seven-day consolidated ratings of 14 or even 15 million is not impossible.

PC Gamer · Oct 20, 2025

The MindsEye fallout continues as axed staff allege crunch, mismanagement, and a total lack of direction: 'Leslie [Benzies] never decided what game he wanted to make'

"And it does mess with you. You really do start to see the morale go down, the little arguments starting to happen."

Destructoid · Sep 5, 2025

MindsEye devs drop a massive patch amid ‘relaunch’ efforts, but I feel no amount of updates will save this sinking ship

It's time we all moved on from this wreck.

Destructoid · Jul 3, 2025

MindsEye devs’ CEO blames ‘sabotage’, vows to relaunch 2025’s worst game to date

The GTA killer's creator thinks it was unjustly killed itself, but that just seems like a copout.

GamesRadar · Jun 13, 2025

MindsEye review: "An uninspired and forgettable sci-fi action adventure that feels like a Netflix movie you watch while on your phone"

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