MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy remains so convinced that corporate foul play contributed to the disastrous launch of its debut game that it’s now planning to prove it to its audience via in-game content.<br /> In a wide-ranging interview with GamesBeat, BARB CEO and CTO Mark Gerhard said MindsEye will soon receive a multiplayer update, as well as a new mission called Blacklist in which the studio will "share some of the evidence of the sabotage with the community." Gerhard didn’t elaborate further, beyond revealing that the new mission will also introduce a playable female character, but promised further updates to the game in the coming months.<br /> BARB hopes its DLC will inspire the MindsEye community to create their own user-generated content with its [...]
Microsoft isn't the only gaming company talking about layoffs this week. MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy (BARB) notified around 300 employees that they risk losing their jobs. However, the [...]
MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy (BARB) has gone through serious drama recently including layoffs and accusations of sabotage. Now, the company is parting ways with its MindsEye co-publisher IOI [...]
It's been a big week or so in the video game realm between the arrival of the Nintendo Switch 2 (our review is now live) and Summer Game Fest. During the Xbox Games Showcase on Sunday, Microsoft [...]
When Nintendo launched the Switch 2, it also revealed that it was going release upgraded versions of several existing Switch games, including both Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the [...]
Run a prompt injection attack against Claude Opus 4.6 in a constrained coding environment, and it fails every time, 0% success rate across 200 attempts, no safeguards needed. Move that same attack to [...]
New research from Anthropic shows how reward hacking in AI models can trigger more dangerous behaviors. When models learn to trick their reward systems, they can spontaneously drift into deception, sa [...]
More than two years after the release of Assassin's Creed Mirage, the 13th major installment in the franchise gets a substantial content update for free. The story expansion, called Valley of Mem [...]
Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. As always, we're here to tell you about a bunch of new games you can play this weekend, as well as several upcoming [...]