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
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
Take-Two CEO says 'former Rockstar employees' have tried to match GTA's success and 'haven't been able to'—and while he doesn't name names, that's gotta sting for a certain someone MindsEye given the side-eye. PC Gamer · May 29
Take-Two CEO seems to take shot at MindsEye studio, says 'the folks at Rockstar seem to be able to make these massive hits' while former Rockstar employees 'haven’t been able to do it' Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has said Grand Theft Auto 6 reviews will be just as important as the scores for all the other Rockstar Games titles. TechRadar · May 28
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
MindsEye is a glitchy, incoherent mess I wouldn't recommend to anyone—and it might also be my favorite game of 2026 Look, it's complicated. PC Gamer · Apr 4
MindsEye's first major update, 'Blacklist', really will be used by former GTA lead to 'share some of the evidence of the sabotage’ that apparently made it bad Leslie Benzies believes "the natural course of justice" will prevail. PC Gamer · Apr 1
Hitman's planned crossover with MindsEye is cancelled as the publishing deal with IO Interactive is officially over Build a Rocket Boy says it will continue to publish updates and expansion on its own. PC Gamer · Mar 17
I desperately want the Just Cause creator's new open-city game to be great, but I'm not convinced by its latest trailer Samson has a great premise, but the new footage leaves me with concerns. PC Gamer · Mar 14
MindsEye studio claims it now has 'overwhelming evidence of organized espionage and corporate sabotage' that somehow made its game bad, and also it's laying off more people This would all be kind of amusing if it wasn't for the facts that more game developers are losing their jobs. PC Gamer · Mar 4
"Overwhelming evidence of organized espionage": MindsEye CEO blames flop launch on "corporate sabotage" and commits to "prosecution" amid more layoffs "Today is a very difficult day" GamesRadar · Mar 4
"It would've been impossible to make a good game": MindsEye CEO and Rockstar vet blamed for impossible design demands, on "temporary leave" as company forces monitoring software on devs in hunt for "saboteurs" blamed for flop Not a lot of good news coming from Build A Rocket Boy GamesRadar · Feb 9
PC Gamer · Feb 6 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 4 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 3 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.
Creative Bloq · Dec 16, 2025 MindsEye tops Metacritic’s worst games of 2025 list, raising hard questions for developers The hype and nostalgia lessons the industry can’t ignore.
TechRadar · Dec 3, 2025 You can try the worst game of 2025 for free right now – go on, you know you want to You can play a bit of MindsEye for free thanks to a new starter pack version.
PC Gamer · Nov 29, 2025 MindsEye developer offers a starter pack that lets you try the beleaguered action game's best mission for free, though you should imagine air-quotes the size of skyscrapers around the word 'best' The free demo coincides with a new patch.
PC Gamer · Nov 6, 2025 Take-Two boss says 'we've never regretted' delaying a game following the Grand Theft Auto 6 pushback, says other studios might have better luck if they did the same thing once in a while Strauss Zelnick says delays are "painful" but companies who don't postpone games that need more work do so "at their peril."
PC Gamer · Nov 5, 2025 MindsEye loses its free-roam mode, gains a dodge roll, and rebrands itself as 'Powered by Arcadia' whatever that means We'll miss you, Can't Drink Dust Guy.
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."
GamesRadar · Oct 10, 2025 GTA lead's big gamble turned worst game of 2025 contender was such a disaster that nearly 100 devs are demanding change and apologies for "unbearable levels of overtime" and "mishandled" layoffs The fallout from MindsEye's disastrous launch continues