Jul 24, 2026 · 1 hr 40 min · 7 segments
Unity is building its next-gen engine around AI agents. MindsEye's Meltdown - A GTA legend's comeback studio flops, lays off 400+, blames corporate sabotage, and throws an all-expenses fan party the…
Joe FerenczPanelist
Sam SteffaninaHost
Chris HeatherlyPanelistNockPanelist
Tony ValcarcelPanelist
Oliver MaroneyPanelist
Payton KaleiwaheaPanelist
The studio Build a Rocket Boy in Edinburgh launched last year as one of the worst reviewed games of the year.
Mind's Eye got a 37 on Metacritic with extreme bugs like melting faces, floating NPCs, impassable objects, and instantly became a meme.
And instead of owning it, the co-CEO claims the entire thing was organized as corporate espionage and sabotage.
It says it was a million euro smear campaign by a rival that he plans to name via a new in-game mission.
The studio flew some of MindsEye's few remaining fans to Scotland to put them into hotels and had them playtest new features while workers protested outside the building in the same day.
what What's
the word for this? Should they be lauded for finally trying to do something right for the fans? Or is this absolutely egregious on the other side? Peyton, going to you first.
Greed.
going to you
I didn't read the topic list before this, but I've actually been on a couple of calls with these guys.
And without getting into too great detail, they struck me as like, not serious people.
Um, you, you guys are all friends of, of mine and you know, the, the state of the glitter cloud business over the last couple of months, um, even in that state, uh, I opted out of, of working with these guys.
The studio Build a Rocket Boy in Edinburgh launched last year as one of the worst reviewed games of the year.
Mind's Eye got a 37 on Metacritic with extreme bugs like melting faces, floating NPCs, impassable objects, and instantly became a meme.
And instead of owning it, the co-CEO claims the entire thing was organized as corporate espionage and sabotage.
It says it was a million euro smear campaign by a rival that he plans to name via a new in-game mission.
The studio flew some of MindsEye's few remaining fans to Scotland to put them into hotels and had them playtest new features while workers protested outside the building in the same day.
what What's
the word for this? Should they be lauded for finally trying to do something right for the fans? Or is this absolutely egregious on the other side? Peyton, going to you first.
Greed.
going to you
I didn't read the topic list before this, but I've actually been on a couple of calls with these guys.
And without getting into too great detail, they struck me as like, not serious people.
Um, you, you guys are all friends of, of mine and you know, the, the state of the glitter cloud business over the last couple of months, um, even in that state, uh, I opted out of, of working with these guys.
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