… The move leaves them with a studio of approximately 80 people following the release of an in-game mission which alludes to the alleged "sabotage" BARB CEO Mark Gerhard claims the game faced around its initial release. …
If you turn the clock back two years to 2024, Build a Rocket Boy BaRB was known as the studio founded by former Rockstar producer Leslie Benzies , and with $110M raised in funding, it seemed poised to be the next big independent studio in the market. …
… BARB has consistently argued that, while MindsEye 's buggy state at launch naturally contributed to all the bad press, the game and studio as a whole was also the victim of both internal and external "sabotage." In a bizarre move, the studio even promised to share more information on the alleged co…
… In a wide-ranging interview with GamesBeat , BARB CEO and CTO Mark Gerhard said MindsEye will soon receive a multiplayer update, as well as a new mission called Blacklist in which the studio will "share some of the evidence of the sabotage with the community." Gerhard didn't elaborate further, beyo… …
… BARB said it "plans to work with partners on other projects in the future." This collaboration was IO Interactive's first move into third-party publishing . It provided BARB marketing, distribution, localisation, and customer support for MindsEye, but not funding. …
… Andrej Barovic May 6, 2026 11:32 am Image via Build A Rocket Boy Build A Rocket Boy BARB , the studio behind last year’s spectacular catastrophe MindsEye , has apparently gone through yet another round of layoffs, this time cutting senior and other staff. …
… Now, BARB must meet our demands for data transparency. Their alleged actions are a violation of their employees' rights to privacy." Last October, the IWGB began legal action over the alleged mishandling of redundancies at BARB in June, which affected around 300 employees . …
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… All that and more is why it doesn't come as a shock that BARB and IOI Partners are ending their short-lived publishing deal. Going forward, the development studio is "assuming sole publishing responsibilities," a quick press release that we received on 17th March confirmed. …