{
  "id": 7812658,
  "title": "MindsEye studio Build A Rocket Boy appear to be making fresh redundancies, as one staffer says he's \"helping wrap things up here in the HR department\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/mindseye-studio-build-a-rocket-boy-appear-to-be-making-fresh",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-16T14:50:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/mindseye-studio-build-a-rocket-boy-appear-to-be-making-fresh-redundancies-as-one-staffer-says-hes-helping-wrap-things-up-here-in-the-hr-department"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Build a Rocket Boy, creators of the poorly received futuristic action game/Massive Minigame Platform MindsEye, seem to be making further layoffs or enabling staff to find new positions. In a LinkedIn post announcing his search for other job opportunities, a principal talent acquisition partner at the studio disclosed he will remain with BARB until the end, assisting in wrapping up HR matters. This lack of optimism about the company's future is evident.",
  "summary": "Update: The IWGB Games Worker Union have issued the following statement to RPS from vice-chair Ben Newbon: We cannot add any further insight into the heartbreaking job losses at BARB, a company that we think has been slowly spiralling for a long time. We came together to fight tooth and nail to prevent the hardworking people working there from such a fate after pouring their heart and soul into…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}