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Apr 01 from https://www.engadget.com/

MindsEye will litigate its own launch 'sabotage' controversy in DLC form

MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy remains so convinced that corporate foul play contributed to the disastrous launch of its debut game that it’s now planning to prove it to its audience via in-game content. 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...

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Apr 01 from https://www.videogameschronicle.com/

MindsEye is adding a new mission which will ‘share some of the evidence’ of alleged studio sabotage, CEO says

MindsEye will receive a new mission which will provide evidence of the alleged sabotage aimed at the game’s launch, the CEO of developer Build a Rocket Boy says. Last month studio CEO Mark Gerhard stated on the company’s official LinkedIn page that more staff were being made redundant, stating that while management took responsibility for the outcomes of the project, the game’s launch was...

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Apr 01 from https://www.gamesindustry.biz/

Build a Rocket Boy CEO responds to end of publishing agreement with IOI Partners

Build a Rocket Boy CEO Mark Gerhard has addressed the end of the developer's publishing agreement with IOI Partners, stating that it "likes being able to control [its] own destiny as an independent studio." Speaking to GamesBeat, Gerhard said that Build a Rocket Boy taking on sole publishing responsibilities for MindsEye will enable it to reprice the action-adventure game to make it more...

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