Initially, the development studio Build a Rocket Boy wanted to stir up the promotional drum for their new game MindsEye with Twitch streamers, but at the last moment during the stream, the developers canceled. The Twitch streamer supports the decision.
What’s going on with MindsEye? The former GTA head Leslie Benzies released together with his studio Build a Rocket Boy his first own game: MindsEye. The game strongly resembled GTA in its atmosphere.
However, since the launch on June 10, 2025, there have been predominantly negative reviews, as the game does not function properly and reportedly lacks exciting gameplay elements. It is so unfinished that PlayStation broke its own rule and refunded players their money.
“The first time something like this happens”
What was the situation like? In his Twitch stream two days ago, the streamer Ben “CohhCarnage” Cassell wanted to present the game MindsEye. He was paid by the developers, so it was a promotional stream. Just as he was starting the game, he received a message from the developers that he should not show the game after all.
CohhCarnage was visibly surprised, stopped the game immediately, and said: “The sponsor just paused the sponsored stream. The first time something like this happens. I was just contacted and they wanted to pause the stream.” (via twitch.tv).
The developers wanted to find another time for the Twitch streamer to present the game.
CoohCarnage then turned to the working game Dune: Awakening and later said in response to a question from the chat about the incident: “You know what, from what I’ve heard, that’s a good decision” (via twitch.tv).
He added that if a developer needs more time to optimize their game, he is willing to help.
The Twitch streamer Thomas “sodapoppin” Morris was also supposed to present MindsEye in his stream. He even managed to play the game, but during the stream, the game kept crashing. He kept trying to launch the game, load a different save, or restart the mission, but nothing helped.
Eventually, sodapoppin was so frustrated that he simply rattled off his talking points, the points he was supposed to mention about the game, without playing the game any longer.
Even before the release, there was a negative aura surrounding MindsEye, as one of the studio’s employees claimed that players had supposedly been paid to rate the game poorly ahead of time. More about this can be read here on MeinMMO: Former head of GTA makes a new game – Now his employee claims: Players are being paid to rate the game poorly
