One Of 2025’s Biggest Flops Is Trying To Engineer A Big Comeback Almost No One Asked For

Developer Build a Rocket Boy might be trying to stage a No Man’s Sky-level comeback story for its heavily maligned, frequently mocked 2025 open-world game MindsEye, and it would appear that the developer is attempting to do so without the help of its original publisher, IO Interactive.

This week, MindsEye received an unexpected new update. Build a Rocket Boy touts Update 7 as “another step forward in overall polish, guided by player and community feedback.” That statement does line up with the contents of the patch itself, as Update 7 essentially amounts to a list of bug fixes.

However, the patch notes were followed up by a much grander statement in an official press release. According to Build a Rocket Boy, Update 7 serves “as a reset for the brand and the title” and the beginning of a “new era” for MindsEye. This statement lines up with the omission of IO Interactive’s branding and copyright info in the latest trailer for the game, which seemingly proves that the leak detailing Build a Rocket Boy and IO Interactive’s split was correct.

It’s not been a great week, month, or year for MindsEye. At the end of January, it leaked that Build a Rocket Boy would reportedly be parting ways with IO Interactive, ending any plans for MindsEye’s future Hitman crossover. On February 2, co-CEO Mark Gerhard threatened a YouTuber with a “formal cease and desist demand” via Discord 18 minutes after said YouTuber released a video titled “Leslie Benzies is in the Epstein Files.” Then, yesterday, Build a Rocket Boy’s other CEO, the aforementioned Leslie Benzies, released a statement denying allegations of sexual assault by an alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein.

Build a Rocket Boy confirmed that Benzies remains working at the studio despite a wave of layoffs last summer, suggesting MindsEye’s attempt at a reboot will happen under his oversight. This week’s tease promised that a “new expansion that adds end-game content and enhanced world exploration” and multiplayer support are on the way, with details regarding the fresh 2026 content roadmap to be revealed “within the coming months.”