Former Grand Theft Auto lead developer Leslie Benzies had an ugly exit from Rockstar Games nearly a decade ago when he sued its parent company, Take-Two Interactive. Benzies subsequently co-founded Build a Rocket Boy and developed a GTA-like game called MindsEye, which is releasing next month. Now, Build a Rocket Boy co-CEO Mark Gerhard has suggested that the bad word of mouth about MindsEye is part of a „concerted effort“ to trash the game and his studio.
Gerhard recently took part in a Q&A session on Discord (via IGN), where he agreed with the potentially explosive allegation that the negative responses to the game „were financed by someone.“ Gerhard’s response to that suggestion was, „100%… Doesn’t take much to guess who.“
Although Gerhard didn’t back down from his initial implication, he later clarified that he isn’t accusing any specific players of being paid to bad mouth the game.