Everywhere and Mindseye developer Build a Rocket Boy announces layoffs
PCGamesN source confirms GTA vet Leslie Benzies' Build a Rocket Boy is the latest game development studio to announce multiple layoffs.
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A PCGamesN source has confirmed that Build a Rocket Boy, the developer founded by former Rockstar North president and long-time Grand Theft Auto producer Leslie Benzies, has laid off a currently unknown number of staff globally. Benzies founded Build a Rocket Boy in 2018 following a break from Rockstar in 2016.
A source tells PCGamesN that the layoffs notably affect the publishing department, QA, and art teams. The layoffs were first announced internally earlier today, February 19.
Last year, Build a Rocket Boy announced plans to open a studio in Montpellier, France. This would complement the two existing studios in Edinburgh and Budapest. Our source tells us the layoffs affect all three studios. Neither Everywhere nor Mindseye currently has a release date.
Build a Rocket Boy is the latest in a growing list of developers to lay off staff over the past year, with Riot Games and Activision Blizzard among them. A new Deus Ex game from Eidos Monteral was also canceled, with an unspecified number of staff being laid off in the process.
