Build a Rocket Boy

Build a Rocket Boy, developer of the struggling open-world shooter MindsEye, has laid off roughly 170 of its 250 staff—its third round of redundancies in the past year—leaving around 80 employees, sources tell Kotaku. The cuts follow two prior rounds, the March 2026 closure of its French studio, and come amid poor reception to a recent Blacklist update.

May 03, 2026 Reported by AI

Executives at Build a Rocket Boy collaborated with an AI tool to create 'Arcadia Voice,' an in-game voice assistant for the game MindsEye. The demo has drawn sharp criticism from the game's community. The studio's Head of AI responded to defend the technology.