While the studio itself hasn't made any official announcement, several of its now-former employees confirmed the layoffs through LinkedIn.
Former lead games analyst Ben Newborn said that the crunch led to some employees suffering from "horrific" mental and physical illnesses.
We suppose Julia Black's in-game targets are probably going to be the people who Mark Gerhard has been pointing fingers at for a while.
In a statement, the IWGB has also said that studio leadership has refused to reveal what kind of data was collected from employees.
Headlining the studio's roadmap for MindsEye this year is the Blacklisted mission, which will tell an espionage-driven story.
"We’ve got very strong evidence of this and conducted quite thorough investigations over the months since launch," claims CEO Mark Gerhard.
The troubles just keep piling on for the embattled MindsEye developer, and there seems to be no end in sight at the moment.
Publishing rights for MindsEye are now exclusive to its maker, although what that could mean for the title continues to be a mystery.
The statement by CEO Mark Gerhard has been called out by many, referring to the conspiracy theories as disrespectful to employees.
The employees noted that the development process reportedly suffered from poor leadership, feature creep and distrust by leadership.
The decision reportedly comes from Build a Rocket Boy, not the publisher, which wants more control over its much-maligned title.
Comments on one sponsored video referred to it as the equivalent of the marketing tricks attempted for the infamous Morbius film.
ARCADIA promises an "ever-expanding world of missions, races, puzzles, and challenges," but requires constant online connectivity.
"A lot of the points that we were hammering home on were just ignored and never actioned," says former lead analyst Ben Newborn.
An open letter by the IWGB Game Workers union has accused the studio of "longstanding disrespect and mistreatment" of its staff.
In an interview, actor Alex Hernandez also spoke about how he was proud to have voiced the character on the cover of MindsEye.
Build A Rocket Boy also confirms that Update 5 is in the works with "major performance, combat and Enemy AI system improvement."
IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak also spoke about the potential that the Hitman maker saw in MindsEye when it signed the publishing deal.
The first special collaboration for Build A Rocket Boy's disastrous action-adventure title will arrive "when the time is right."
Studio head Leslie Benzies has also reportedly addressed the team, talking about BARB bouncing back and MindsEye getting a relaunch.
