{"id":1832170,"date":"2026-03-18T10:21:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T07:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1832170"},"modified":"2026-03-18T10:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T07:21:16","slug":"mindseye-developer-build-a-rocket-boy-and-ioi-partners-announce-transition-of-the-games-publishing-rights-hitman-crossover-now-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1832170","title":{"rendered":"MindsEye developer Build A Rocket Boy and IOI Partners announce &#8220;transition&#8221; of the game&#8217;s publishing rights, Hitman crossover now dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mindseye\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      MindsEye<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">MindsEye developer Build A Rocket Boy and IOI Partners announce &#8220;transition&#8221; of the game&#8217;s publishing rights, Hitman crossover now dead<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Data transfer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/mindseye-build-a-rocket-boy-(4).jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"MindsEye - villain appearance\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"mindseye-build-a-rocket-boy-(4).jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Build A Rocket Boy<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-18T10:21:16+00:00\">March 18, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mindseye-developer-build-a-rocket-boy-and-publisher-ioi-partners-complete-separation?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          2 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"1f15923b-3f2a-4e98-b438-353ad6ac6bae\" data-name=\"MindsEye\" data-follow-text=\"Follow MindsEye\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following MindsEye\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow MindsEye\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following MindsEye\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow MindsEye\" title=\"Follow MindsEye\"><br \/>\n  Follow MindsEye<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mindseye\">MindsEye<\/a> has had quite the journey since it released last summer, and most of it hasn&#8217;t been positive. From developer Build A Rocket Boy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mindseye-dev-tries-to-resuscitate-its-flailing-action-game-with-a-new-free-starter-pack\">scrambling to get things back on track<\/a> after a catastrophic launch to studio co-CEO Mark Gerhard blaming many of its woes on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mindseye-developer-build-a-rocket-boy-hit-with-layoffs-again-co-ceo-blames-espionage-and-sabotage\">organised espionage and corporate sabotage<\/a>&#8221; (which has yet to be proven, byt the way) it&#8217;s been <em>a lot<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>All that (and more) is why it doesn&#8217;t come as a shock that BARB and IOI Partners are ending their short-lived publishing deal. Going forward, the development studio is &#8220;assuming sole publishing responsibilities,&#8221; a quick press release that we received on 17th March confirmed. &#8220;Transitional functions&#8221; are still expected to happen, but there will be a &#8220;seamless transition over the coming weeks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, no changes to the game&#8217;s digital distribution are expected, but it&#8217;s safe to assume physical stock might be impacted. In any case, it&#8217;s not like previously distributed copies were disappearing from the shelves. BARB isn&#8217;t ready to move on from the game, either. The press release stated players &#8220;can continue to follow all news&#8221; via MindsEye&#8217;s official channels.<\/p>\n<p>On the creative front, the only major change announced yesterday is that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hitman-3-world-of-assassination-all-time-classic\">Hitman<\/a>-themed mission collaboration for MindsEye is, unsurprisingly, no longer happening. It&#8217;s unclear if the content was near done or still deep in development, but given the clean separation, such an update no longer makes sense for the parties involved.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mindseye-review\">Eurogamer&#8217;s review of MindsEye<\/a> called it &#8220;an action game with crap action&#8221; despite the substantial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/rockstar-games\">Rockstar Games<\/a> pedigree of the studio. Personally, I found it to be somewhat charming (perhaps ironically, I don&#8217;t know for sure) after its meatier updates, but it&#8217;s hard to deny it was a high-profile failure that people in the industry will be talking about for a while.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mindseye\">MindsEye<\/a> has had quite the journey since it released last summer, and most of it hasn&#8217;t been positive. From developer Build A Rocket Boy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mindseye-dev-tries-to-resuscitate-its-flailing-action-game-with-a-new-free-starter-pack\">scrambling to get things back on track<\/a> after a catastrophic launch to studio co-CEO Mark Gerhard blaming many of its woes on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mindseye-developer-build-a-rocket-boy-hit-with-layoffs-again-co-ceo-blames-espionage-and-sabotage\">organised espionage and corporate sabotage<\/a>&#8221; (which has yet to be proven, byt the way) it&#8217;s been <em>a lot<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>All that (and more) is why it doesn&#8217;t come as a shock that BARB and IOI Partners are ending their short-lived publishing deal. Going forward, the development studio is &#8220;assuming sole publishing responsibilities,&#8221; a quick press release that we received on 17th March confirmed. &#8220;Transitional functions&#8221; are still expected to happen, but there will be a &#8220;seamless transition over the coming weeks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, no changes to the game&#8217;s digital distribution are expected, but it&#8217;s safe to assume physical stock might be impacted. In any case, it&#8217;s not like previously distributed copies were disappearing from the shelves. BARB isn&#8217;t ready to move on from the game, either. The press release stated players &#8220;can continue to follow all news&#8221; via MindsEye&#8217;s official channels.<\/p>\n<p>On the creative front, the only major change announced yesterday is that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hitman-3-world-of-assassination-all-time-classic\">Hitman<\/a>-themed mission collaboration for MindsEye is, unsurprisingly, no longer happening. It&#8217;s unclear if the content was near done or still deep in development, but given the clean separation, such an update no longer makes sense for the parties involved.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mindseye-review\">Eurogamer&#8217;s review of MindsEye<\/a> called it &#8220;an action game with crap action&#8221; despite the substantial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/rockstar-games\">Rockstar Games<\/a> pedigree of the studio. Personally, I found it to be somewhat charming (perhaps ironically, I don&#8217;t know for sure) after its meatier updates, but it&#8217;s hard to deny it was a high-profile failure that people in the industry will be talking about for a while.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News MindsEye MindsEye developer Build A Rocket Boy and IOI Partners announce &#8220;transition&#8221; of the game&#8217;s publishing rights, Hitman crossover now dead Data transfer. 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