MindsEye Co-Developer Build a Rocket Boy France Reportedly Headed for Judicial Liquidation Amid Wider Studio Turmoil
Build a Rocket Boy’s troubles appear to be deepening again, this time in France. According to reporting tied to French outlet Origami, Build a Rocket Boy France, the Montpellier based satellite studio that co-developed MindsEye, has reportedly been pushed into insolvency proceedings that are now expected to end in judicial liquidation. Local follow-up reporting indicates the company is in cessation de paiement, meaning it can no longer meet its debts with current resources, and that liquidation is viewed as the most likely outcome rather than restructuring.
That distinction matters. At the moment, the strongest current reporting suggests the French subsidiary is not simply going through another round of layoffs, but is instead facing a formal legal collapse that could shut down the Montpellier operation entirely. The same reporting says the studio still employed roughly 50 people, meaning around 50 developers could be directly affected if liquidation is finalized.
INFO Origami - Co-développeuse du très mal né MindsEye, la société Build A Rocket Boy France est placée en liquidation judiciaire. Il s'agit de l'antenne montpelliéraine du groupe UK fondé par l'ex-Rockstar Leslie Benzies. BARB France emploierait encore une 50aine de personnes à l'heure actuelle.
— Gauthier 'Gautoz' Andres (@gautoz.cool) March 23, 2026 at 11:35 PM
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The timing is hardly surprising given the state of the wider company. MindsEye launched into a highly negative reception, and Build a Rocket Boy has spent the months since dealing with layoffs, internal criticism, and a deeply public management crisis. Last week, IOI Partners formally ended its publishing relationship with MindsEye, leaving Build a Rocket Boy to assume sole publishing responsibility going forward. That split also killed the planned Hitman crossover content for the game.
This makes the French studio’s reported liquidation feel less like an isolated event and more like another downstream shock from the broader collapse in confidence around the project and the company behind it. Public reporting has already described widespread layoffs, an open letter from current and former workers alleging mistreatment and mismanagement, and repeated efforts by leadership to frame the studio’s problems around sabotage and espionage rather than product quality and internal execution.
What is still unclear is whether the UK core studio can remain stable enough to keep pushing MindsEye through its promised recovery path. Build a Rocket Boy has previously said more content is planned, including an expansion and multiplayer additions, but the loss of the French co-development arm would make that roadmap much harder to deliver cleanly. That is an inference based on the role of the Montpellier studio and the company’s already strained condition, not a newly confirmed cancellation notice.
For now, the safest reading is that Build a Rocket Boy France is in severe financial distress and is widely reported to be heading toward judicial liquidation, but the final legal outcome should still be treated as developing until formally completed. Even with that caution, the direction of travel looks grim. For the roughly 50 people still at the Montpellier office, this is no longer just about MindsEye’s poor reputation. It is about whether the studio itself survives at all.
Do you think Build a Rocket Boy still has a realistic path to turning MindsEye around, or has the fallout now gone too far for a redemption arc to matter?
