Rocket Boy studio, best known for MindsEye games, is closing. Several company employees spoke about the incident on their social networks. This information was also confirmed by the publication’s sources. my city.
Level Designer Liam Shannon, Quality Control Specialist Elizabeth Tyaneva, Release Manager Michaela Emslie, and Production QA Analyst Cameron Deaves talk about the work that has gone into building a Rocket Boy over the past 24 hours. There was also a LinkedIn post from Dan Hawkins, who is in charge of studio personnel, saying that he and his colleagues will work with the company “Until the end”complete the work of the HR department. In the meantime, Hawkins noted that he is already looking at new employment options.
Let’s remember that Build a Rocket Boy was founded by Leslie Benzies (former president of Rockstar and producer of the Grand Theft Auto series) and Mark Gerhard (former head and CEO of Jagex). Their only project was MindsEye, which was released in June 2025 with support from IO Interactive, but encountered numerous technical issues at launch and received the lowest rating among 2025 games. The developers tried to improve the project and stated many times that it would be the first in an “epic universe”.
After multiple updates, MindsEye now runs better on Xbox Series X|S, but the game is still buggy. Apparently, support for the game will cease after the studio closes.
