The launch of new intellectual properties is a growing challenge in the current landscape of video games, and Mindseye, developed by Build A Rocket Boy, is facing serious issues after its debut. With a negative reception and poor optimization, the title is shaping up to be one of the worst games of 2025, which has led to layoffs at the studio and affected its reputation. Mindseye can now be played for free In a desperate attempt to attract players, Build A Rocket Boy has released a free ‘Starter Pack’ that allows users to try the first chapter […]
The launch of new intellectual properties is a growing challenge in today’s video game landscape, and Mindseye, developed by Build A Rocket Boy, is facing serious issues following its debut. With a negative reception and poor optimization, the title is shaping up to be one of the worst games of 2025, which has led to layoffs at the studio and affected its reputation.
In a desperate attempt to attract players, Build A Rocket Boy has launched a free ‘Starter Pack’ that allows users to try the first chapter of the game, as well as 14 missions from the ARCADIA mode. This initiative aims to revitalize the player base of Mindseye, which currently has only 27 active users on Steam, according to data from SteamDB. Despite the discounts, interest in the game has been low, placing the title’s situation in a critical state.
The new game update, known as Update 6, is now available on consoles and PC and includes performance improvements, more natural animations, and adjustments to combat and vehicles. Additionally, new types of missions have been added, such as time trials and survival modes, along with an expansion of creation tools on PC, allowing players to design their own missions and scenarios.
Despite these efforts, the future of Mindseye is uncertain. The recent layoffs and the limited public response jeopardize the plans for expansion and sequels. The introduction of this Starter Pack is seen as a last-ditch effort to revive the property and secure a place in the industry, where the studio’s room for maneuver is becoming increasingly narrow. On the horizon, there may be a second chance, but the success of this initiative remains in the balance.
For football lovers, there is no game that surpasses Football Manager. Neither FIFA nor PES offers the same experience as a game that allows you to take your favorite team and lead it to glory, managing it down to the smallest detail. Professionals use it to improve in their jobs, and in fact, its databases are so incredible that they are used to scout players in real life. Football Manager is an essential part of modern football, and yet, that has not prevented us from not having new releases in the last two years. This has been a […]
For football lovers, there is no game that surpasses Football Manager. Neither FIFA nor PES offers the same experience as a game that allows you to take your favorite team and lead it to glory, managing it down to the smallest detail. Professionals use it to improve in their jobs, and in fact, its databases are so incredible that they are used to scout players in real life. Football Manager is an essential part of modern football, and yet, that has not prevented us from not having new releases in the last two years.
This has been a shame because, although we knew we weren’t going to have a release in 2024, it has always been an annual franchise. And the delay of the 2025 release has been a hard blow for the fans. With the 2026 release just announced, there is still quite a wait to be able to play the new iteration of the franchise, but that doesn’t mean fans have nothing to hold them over in the meantime.
A new Football Manager that is very old
Kevin Toms published a game called Kevin Toms Football Star Manager on August 14th on Steam, iOS, and Android. Basically, a remaster of the original Football Manager, released in 1982, and now available to play with updated graphics and UI. Not much. Just enough to be playable and enjoyable in 2025, but still faithful and consistent with what it was in 1982. Only with a different name, as although they have the exploitation rights of the game, the rights to the name are held by SEGA and Sports Interactive.
The game published in 1982 was a true engineering masterpiece written entirely in BASIC. Although the names of teams and players are real and in accordance with 1982, you always start in the fourth division and our goal is to get our team to the first division and compete and win the FA Cup.
From here on, everything is what we know about Football Manager. We must manage our players’ energy and morale, the values in each field of our players are compared to the values of the opposing players, and a relatively primitive representation of a football match is displayed on screen without us being able to do anything about it. That’s up to the players. What we can do is transfer players, manage finances, and even request loans, demonstrating that the foundations of everything we love about Football Manager are already present in this early version of the game.
Old, but new
Of course, Kevin Toms Football Star Manager takes some liberties. Originally released for PCs in 1982 and for 8-bit consoles, the graphics and UI were very basic. That’s why, as we mentioned, this re-release is closer to a new version of the original game, a remaster, that gives a slight graphical and mechanical update to the game. With stylized texts and visuals that are reminiscent of the 8-bit style, and with more customization options, the game feels like the original but is designed to be fully enjoyable by today’s standards.
The reason we haven’t had a Football Manager in 2024 or 2025 is that they are changing game engines, moving from their proprietary engine to Unity, but this has given Kevin Tom the opportunity to create this version of the original game. We should appreciate it for what it is: something very interesting and fun that we should take advantage of. And at not even 6 euros, what better way to spend the summer than with a bit of classic Football Manager?
Where are those sagas? Does PS5 really pay off right now? What if it turns out that, no matter how many consoles you sell… you are, paradoxically, losing?
Upon reading the headline, I already know what everyone is thinking: “How can they be losing when the PS5 is continuously breaking sales records?” And it’s true. But it’s also true that, at present, it is selling out of momentum. You’ve been a loyal PlayStation fan since you first pirated the original console in 1997, and by now, you’re hooked on its game franchises. The problem is, where are those franchises now? Is it really worth investing in a PS5 at this moment? What if, despite selling a significant number of consoles, Sony is paradoxically losing ground?
Let’s start with an uncomfortable truth: as much as “true gamers” may want to boast, PlayStation 4 fell short against the Nintendo Switch, just as PlayStation 3 did against the Wii. Heck, only 3 million units separated it from the Xbox 360. Who’s to say that in a turbulent gaming world, where the trailer for ‘Super Mario Bros Wonder’ can exceed all expectations for the year, there can’t be a turnaround?
Let’s take a look at the truly exclusive games for the PS5, those that won’t have a version for the PS4 like ‘God of War: Ragnarok’ did. There are three heavy hitters, of course: ‘Final Fantasy VII Rebirth,’ ‘Spider-Man 2,’ and, temporarily, ‘Final Fantasy XVI.’ Frankly, it’s not enough reason to spend 500 euros. And considering that ‘GTA VI,’ the next big game-changer, will also be available on Xbox Series and Steam, the argument is losing steam.
It’s possible that Microsoft isn’t effectively marketing the advantages of its new Xbox and Game Pass, even though it actually competes in a league more similar to PC gaming… but with a plethora of exclusives (and more to come) at an affordable price. Is it possible that if the audience embraces cloud gaming and streaming better, Sony’s dominance could come to an end?
Or is that once again the job of a reinforced Nintendo, following the success of ‘The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom,’ which is already rumored to have plans for launching a new console very soon? For the first time in a long while, especially after the negative publicity surrounding its inability to meet demand, Sony is beginning to realize that, no matter how much it tries to boast, it starts this generation with losing cards that it’s struggling to turn around solely through blockbuster games.
You’ve surely heard the phrase “Why bother with a PS5 right now”… and it holds a lot of truth. There’s no pressing need for a PS5 at the moment. Not at these prices, not with these games, not with such fierce competition. Could we be witnessing the beginning of the end of the gaming paradigm of the past few decades, or has it already changed, despite some people’s reluctance to admit it?
That’s why it’s so nice to see that creators like Zequio and Becky manage to fit viral after viral, always using originality as their flag.
There are so many content creators on the internet that sometimes, amidst fake podcasts recorded to create false controversies, people screaming while watching a trailer, or official plagiarizers of jokes, those who truly create original content are at risk of being buried under the terrible and always tumultuous waters of the internet. Perhaps that’s why it feels so satisfying to see creators like Zequio and Becky succeed viral after viral, always relying on originality as their banner.
After spending enough years on the internet, one knows that when faced with a video titled “The Battle of Consoles,” all that’s left is to sigh out of boredom. However, when in the video, the protagonists are PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo discussing Activision, ‘Call of Duty,’ and, of course, ‘Zelda,’ things change. In just one minute and ten seconds, Zequio perfectly summarizes everything that others have been trying to make us see through extensive and repetitive speeches.
“Why are you fighting over an external franchise? Why don’t you focus on making your own games the best they can be? Games like Zelda, for example,” says Nintendo, aware that the battle over Activision and multi-platform games will only have one clear winner: never, ever bet against Nintendo. After years of uncertainty about ‘Tears of the Kingdom,’ with many assuming it would be a hastily made sequel to ‘Breath of the Wild,’ the Japanese company has once again made a strong statement and changed the history of video games. Well, considering that it’s an industry where something “changes history” every month, it’s not exactly groundbreaking.
Being a Nintendo fan means being downtrodden for eleven months of the year and incredibly proud during the one month when you can say, “Oh, sure, your little shooting game is nice, but when are you going to make another ‘Super Mario Odyssey’? Oh, you don’t know?” If we overlook the fact that they would sue a dog if its paw pad resembled Kirby, it’s hard not to have sympathy for a company that marches to its own beat. And if they happen to get a ‘Call of Duty’ by chance on the Switch, well, that’s just a bonus for them.
