Build a Rocket Boy: How ex-Grand Theft Auto boss grand vision became a £200m flop

Build a Rocket BoyIn July this year workers at Build a Rocket Boy, a video game studio in Edinburgh, were called to an all-staff meeting.Their first ever game, a sci-fi adventure called MindsEye, had been released three weeks earlier - and it had been a total disaster.Critics and players called it "broken", "buggy", and "the worst game of 2025".Addressing staff via video link, the company's boss, Leslie Benzies,…