MindsEye's response was so mindblowingly negative its star thought 'I might never work in another game again' Alex Hernandez and the MindsEye team had a rough go of the game's launch. PC Gamer · Sep 16, 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 · Sep 5, 2025
Somehow, MindsEye is not dead: A new update promises to improve performance by removing 'ambient rubbish' A beefy new patch went live today, and Build a Rocket Boy says another one is in the works. PC Gamer · Sep 5, 2025
MindsEye's messy launch shenanigans has IO Interactive hesitant to play publisher for more games in the future: 'That remains to be seen' IOI Partners might be a one-and-done situation. PC Gamer · Sep 4, 2025
Former Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption lead's huge flop MindsEye was never "supposed to be a GTA killer," fellow Rockstar Games veteran says, and "would have gone a lot better" if it were cheaper and less buggy Could the shooter ever have done better? GamesRadar · Jul 28, 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. Destructoid · Jul 3, 2025
MindsEye boss reportedly blames its failure on 'saboteurs' and says a re-launch is in the works, even as the entire development studio is at risk of layoff The weirdness continues. PC Gamer · Jul 3, 2025
Build A Rocket Boy confirms it has begun the redundancy process following MindsEye's disastrous launch Build A Rocket Boy has been hit with layoffs following MindsEye's disastrous launch. TechRadar · Jun 24, 2025
MindsEye's catastrophic launch to be followed by layoffs at former GTA producer's studio The layoffs are likely to affect over 100 people. PC Gamer · Jun 23, 2025
After a rocky launch, MindsEye is officially this year's worst-rated game according to Metacritic, ranking below 183 other games Reviews have been far from positive GamesRadar · Jun 16, 2025
MindsEye review: "An uninspired and forgettable sci-fi action adventure that feels like a Netflix movie you watch while on your phone" MindsEye review: "An uninspired and forgettable sci-fi action adventure that feels like a Netflix movie you watch while on your phone" GamesRadar · Jun 13, 2025
MindsEye dev says new performance hotfix is "the first in a series of patches," but with 40% positive reviews and just over 500 players on Steam, it would take a miracle to turn this train around Ex-GTA dev's new action-adventure is off to a truly bleak start GamesRadar · Jun 13, 2025
MindsEye review – a dystopian future that plays like it’s from 2012 A lot of work and ambition have gone into this strange, sometimes likable cover-shooter throwback The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2025
MindsEye is getting 3 hotfixes this month to remedy its rough launch as devs explain those viral bugs "were caused by a memory leak" that "impacted roughly 1 in 10 of our players" Build a Rocket Boy developers were apparently working "tirelessly throughout the night" GamesRadar · Jun 12, 2025
PC Gamer · Jun 12, 2025 'The game should speak for itself': MindsEye's publisher denies developer claims of a conspiratorial 'effort to trash' it Never you mind.
GamesRadar · Jun 12, 2025 Sponsored streams for former GTA dev's new game MindsEye aren't going to plan - sponsor apparently cancels one stream and another creator actually laughs while promoting it "The sponsor does not want to do this right now."
Tom’s Hardware · Jun 12, 2025 Disastrous MindsEye launch plagued by performance issues — even an RTX 5090 can't deliver 60 fps despite 19GB VRAM usage, developer working on a fix MindsEye players are complaining of poor performance despite having hardware that exceeds the game's recommended requirements.
PC Gamer · Jun 11, 2025 MindsEye hotfix promised for the end of this week as Steam rating sinks back down to 'mostly negative' A sponsored stream by CohhCarnage was also "paused" at the last minute.
GamesRadar · Jun 11, 2025 "MindsEye definitely needed a delay": GTA 5 veteran's new action game is here with 'Mixed' Steam reviews and "bugs galore," as players share spaghettified NPCs and cars with lives of their own It's not off to a great start
PC Gamer · Jun 11, 2025 I've played 2 hours of MindsEye and it's pretty bad so far, I'm afraid The new action game from ex-GTA producer Leslie Benzies is out on Steam now.
GamesRadar · Jun 10, 2025 MindsEye continues to project confidence: ex-GTA 5 lead's new game is available physically, but the devs ask folks to delay streams until official launch time – meanwhile a 7-hour "100% walkthrough" is already on YouTube "If you can save this for later, it would be great"
PC Gamer · Jun 3, 2025 MindsEye is set to launch next week, so it's probably not great that the studio's chief financial officer and chief legal officer have both resigned The MindsEye saga gets weirder.
GamesRadar · May 30, 2025 GTA 5 dev says his new open-world game is 20 hours of no-filler content at a now-quaint $60 because players "worried about the price of eggs" want "value for money" "I think people want the meat, and they want the potatoes"
PC Gamer · May 28, 2025 MindsEye co-CEO claims there's a 'concerted effort' to trash the game ahead of its release: 'I do KNOW that there are bot farms posting negative comments and dislikes' The new game from former Rockstar producer Leslie Benzies is out in less than two weeks.
GamesRadar · May 28, 2025 Exec on former GTA 5 lead's new open-world game MindsEye says negative reactions have come from a "financed" and "concerted effort to trash the game and the studio" "Doesn't take much to guess who"