"A kick in the teeth for the fired workers": Unionised former MindsEye devs protest alleged fan playtest at Build A Rocket Boy
The IWGB union, representing former employees of Build a Rocket Boy (BARB), protested outside the studio's offices. They accuse BARB of hosting an expenses-paid fan playtest event for their game, MindsEye, shortly after mass layoffs, calling it a "kick in the teeth" to the former workers. The union also alleges BARB management installed surveillance software on employee PCs to identify "saboteurs."
- Entities
- Person: Spring McParlin-Jones
- Topic: Labor Relations
- Company: Build a Rocket Boy
- Company: IWGB
- Company: MindsEye
- Person: Leslie Benzies
- Person: Mark Gerhard
- Topic: Game Development
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