MindsEye developer Construct A Rocket Boy has appointed directors following its most up-to-date wave of layoffs.
A submitting with Firms Home signifies the studio has appointed an administrator, although the precise submitting will not be obtainable on the time of writing. Construct A Rocket Boy has, nevertheless, confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that Opus Advisory Group is appearing as the corporate’s administrator.
The appointment of an administrator signifies {that a} agency is bancrupt and wishes safety from authorized motion introduced by the folks and organisations it owes cash to.
Essentially the most recently-available accounts for Construct A Rocket Boy are for the 12 months ending September 30, 2025; for that monetary yr, the corporate posted a £47.5 million working loss and a £36.2 million web loss, and, as of that date, owed its collectors a complete of £61.8 million.
Build A Rocket Boy has attracted investment from companies including NetEase Games, RedBird Capital Partners and Galaxy Interactive. Administrators representing these three companies have been terminated from the board over the summer season of 2026.
GamesIndustry.biz has reached out to Construct A Rocket Boy for remark.
Construct A Rocket Boy was based in 2016 by Rockstar veteran Leslie Benzies. The corporate’s debut venture, MindsEye, launched on June 4, 2025, to unfavourable opinions and a poor viewers reception.
Throughout the month, around 300 staff received notices that they were at risk of redundancy. The IWGB Sport Staff union introduced authorized motion towards Construct A Rocket Boy in October 2025, alleging that the studio had mishandled the redundancy process.
Then in early 2026, employees at Build A Rocket Boy noticed that Teramind monitoring software had been put in on their work machines with out notification from administration.
This was, partly, to curb what co-CEO Leslie Benzies saw as an effort to sabotage both Build A Rocket Boy and MindsEye. Fellow co-CEO Mark Gerhard later claimed, with out offering proof, that “a very big American company” had spent north of €1 million in 2025, “committing prison exercise” towards Construct A Rocket Boy. IWGB subsequently launched legal action against BARB for data privacy violations following the use of Teramind.
In March 2026, the corporate repeated its allegation, saying that there had been an “organised espionage and corporate sabotage” effort towards the studio because it made one other wave of redundancies.
That was earlier than the most recent wave of layoffs in September 2026.
In April 2026, Construct A Rocket Boy launched the Blacklisted replace, which Gerhard said was “a big step forward for MindsEye, and our studio“.
Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz following MindsEye’s release, employees weren’t optimistic that the studio may recuperate from the sport’s poor launch.
“I do not suppose BARB survives this disaster,” one former staffer stated. “I consider the tip is coming for BARB, and it is not heralded by saboteurs, however by Mark and Leslie themselves.”