Overview

• New BBC-sourced accounts say director Leslie Benzies lacked a coherent vision for Everywhere and MindsEye, leaving teams without clear direction.
• Former developers describe disruptive micro-management where Benzies’ playtest notes became priority “Leslie tickets” that overrode existing work.
• Staff report months of unpaid overtime before launch, with mounting regressions and falling morale as fixes reintroduced old bugs.
• After the game’s poor June reception, an estimated 250–300 employees were made redundant, prompting an open letter signed by 93 current and former staff.
• The IWGB Game Workers Branch is coordinating legal action, while Build A Rocket Boy says leadership takes responsibility for the launch, asserts the redundancy process was handled with care and transparency, and continues work on MindsEye as updates have slowed, with the last noted patch on September 25.