Overview

• On June 23, Build a Rocket Boy initiated a UK-mandated 45-day consultation process required for proposing 100 or more redundancies.
• The move potentially places at least a third of its 300-strong UK workforce and unspecified international staff at risk.
• MindsEye’s June 10 release has been marred by technical issues, earning a Metacritic score of 38 and prompting Sony to issue refunds.
• Despite emergency patches and promises of long-term support for MindsEye, persistent bugs continue to erode player confidence.
• These developments put the studio’s wider ambitions, including the metaverse platform Everywhere, in jeopardy amid financial pressures.