A deliberate crossover occasion between Hitman and MindsEye has been delayed indefinitely, whereas developer Construct a Rocket Boy says future updates “could also be much less frequent”.
This was introduced in the present day on the MindsEye official website. Within the put up, the developer says the next:
We apologise that the discharge of the Hitman x MindsEye Mission, initially scheduled for July, has been postponed to a later date. We look ahead to delivering this thrilling crossover when the time is correct and can present additional updates as quickly as we’re ready.
The replace additionally says “Shifting ahead, updates could also be much less frequent, however with the goal for every to carry extra significant adjustments.” Updates are nonetheless deliberate for August and September, however the developer says that these are centered on efficiency enhancements and bug fixes somewhat than content material.
Initially, the Hitman crossover was deliberate to carry Agent 47 to Redrock Metropolis, although it is unclear precisely what that will have entailed. The crossover took place due to Hitman writer IO Interactive additionally publishing MindsEye, however no particulars on the content material replace have been shared since its announcement in June.
MindsEye’s launch to date has been a catastrophe for Construct a Rocket Boy. The sport initially got here with excessive expectations due to its studio being led by former Rockstar North staff, together with GTA co-creator Leslie Benzies. Nonetheless, the sport itself obtained poor evaluations (together with a 4/10 from us) and blended Steam evaluations that largely criticized the sport’s poor efficiency, bugs, glitches, and different main points.
Construct a Rocket Boy has since mentioned it has been working to repair these issues amid canceled sponsored streams and gamers refunding their purchases. However that hasn’t stopped the studio itself from seeming to crumble in response, with Construct a Rocket Boy issuing at-risk-of-redundancy emails to its 300-person workforce in the beginning of July.
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