MindsEye Studio Build A Rocket Boy Enters Administration

Build A Rocket Boy, the Edinburgh-based studio founded by a Grand Theft Auto veteran, has entered administration. The move comes just a week after reports of another round of layoffs at the company.

The studio is best known for MindsEye, a shooter released in 2025 that was poorly received by players and critics. Since that launch, Build A Rocket Boy has been in a steady downward spiral, with staff cuts becoming a recurring part of the story.

Throughout the fallout, the company has pointed the finger at outside forces. Leadership repeatedly tried to explain the studio's troubles by blaming saboteurs, a claim that did little to change the perception of the game or the state of the business.

Administration means the company can no longer continue as normal and an appointed administrator will now take control of its affairs. In practice, that usually involves assessing what the business owns, what it owes and whether any part of it can be sold or salvaged. What happens next to MindsEye, its remaining staff and any unreleased projects has not been made clear in the reports so far.

For a studio that launched with a high profile and the pedigree of one of gaming's biggest franchises, the collapse is a sharp reversal. MindsEye arrived with big ambitions, but its rocky release and the layoffs that followed left Build A Rocket Boy with little room to recover.

The news is another reminder of how unforgiving the market is for large-scale games that miss at launch. We will update this story as more details emerge about the administration process and the fate of the people who worked there.