Build A Rocket Boy Takes Over MindsEye Publishing as IOI Partnership Ends

Build A Rocket Boy has taken over publishing duties for MindsEye after IOI Partners ended its collaboration on the game.

Build A Rocket Boy is now handling MindsEye publishing going forward after IOI Partners and the studio confirmed the end of their publishing collaboration, effective March 16, 2026. The change was announced publicly on March 17, with Build A Rocket Boy taking over sole publishing responsibilities for the game. Fix Gaming Channel previously covered MindsEye’s Update 6 rollout, but this latest development is a more significant business shift behind the scenes.

The same announcement also confirmed that the previously announced Hitman mission, first revealed in June 2025 as a crossover event inside MindsEye, will no longer be released. That makes this more than a routine publishing update. It is also a clear change to content plans that had already been attached to the game publicly.

Official MindsEye artwork featuring Redrock and the game’s sci-fi mystery tone.

What changed

According to the official announcement, IOI Partners’ role ends aside from essential transitional work tied to publisher-of-record status, while Build A Rocket Boy now takes over publishing responsibilities entirely. The companies said they are coordinating to ensure continuity for the game’s community and partners, but the split closes the publishing arrangement that had previously linked IOI Partners to the title.

For players, that may not change the game itself overnight, but it does change who is steering the commercial and publishing side of MindsEye from this point onward. It also removes one of the more notable crossover beats that had been attached to the project.

A combat-focused MindsEye image showing a close-up firefight with a futuristic weapon.

What stays the same

On the current official MindsEye website, Build A Rocket Boy is still presenting the game as an ever-expanding experience built around a cinematic story campaign and ongoing ARCADIA content. The site continues to position Redrock, Jacob Diaz, and regular playable additions as central parts of the game’s long-term identity.

That means the immediate message from the studio is not that support is being scaled back. Instead, the public line is continuity, even as the publishing setup changes and one previously announced collaboration is removed from the roadmap.

A desert driving sequence in MindsEye with glowing checkpoint gates and a futuristic race-style layout.

For now, the clearest takeaway is straightforward: MindsEye is now being published directly by Build A Rocket Boy, the IOI Partners collaboration is over, and the planned Hitman crossover mission is no longer happening. That is the real news here, and it gives players a much clearer picture of where the game now stands in 2026.

Fix Gaming Channel reached out multiple times for press materials and additional information, but did not receive a response before publication.

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